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Column: Developing a coronavirus vaccine should not be rushed. Here's why

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History tells us that rushing a vaccine for COVID-19 will prove more hazardous than if it's done right.

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Column: In landmark vote, Chevron shareholders demand report on its climate lobbying

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Chevron's directive from shareholders: Report how you're lobbying against the environment.

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Michael Hiltzik Column: In landmark vote, shareholders tell Chevron to disclose its climate lobbying 46h

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Column: COVID-19 may make universal basic income more palatable. That's a good thing

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The coronavirus crisis may mean that the time has come for universal basic income's closeup.

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Michael Hiltzik Column: COVID-19 may make universal basic income more palatable. That's a good thing 8d

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How Bad Is The COVID-19 Misinformation Epidemic?

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In the midst of battling a global health emergency, we find ourselves fending off another scourge of conspiracy theories and misinformation.

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Michael Hiltzik It's coming from inside the (White) House. How Bad Is The COVID-19 Misinformation Epidemic? 9d

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Column: Don't be taken in by stem cell firms offering unsubstantiated therapies for COVID-19

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Clinics with unproven stem cell treatments are already targeting COVID-19 fears.

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Column: Does Elon Musk need California more than California needs Elon Musk?

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Has Elon Musk worn out his welcome in California at last?

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Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits

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Officials are 'exploring' a plan that allows workers to get up to $10,000, but requires them to pay back funds by deferring Social Security benefits.

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Michael Hiltzik Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits 19d

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Column: America's tolerance for mass murder is the coronavirus' best friend

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The America that condones mass murder of children is allowing the coronavirus to spread.

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Column: Trump again demands an absurd and harmful payroll tax cut

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Trump again demands a payroll tax cut, but it makes no sense.

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Column: A century later, meat packing plants still resemble Upton Sinclair's depiction in 'The Jungle'

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Workers crammed virtually shoulder-to-shoulder to tend production lines moving at inexorable speeds, high rates of disease and injury, low pay and unforgiving rules on time off or meal and bathroom breaks. Descriptions of today's meatpacking...

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Column: States with early reopening orders are coercing workers into risking their lives

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By removing unemployment benefits, states are forcing workers to risk their lives

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Column: California's unemployment insurance program needs fixing — before the next recession hits

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Every January, John Weithas gets a report from the payroll managers for his Pasadena Italian food market that makes him wince.

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Column: The COVID-19 crisis shows how dangerous misinformation becomes contagious

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Scientists are using the coronavirus to study the contagion of misinformation

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Column: As coronavirus devastates state budgets, conservatives target public worker pensions

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Rightwingers are using the pandemic to attack public workers, again

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Column: Amid coronavirus pandemic, Trump tariffs raise cost of masks, other medical supplies

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Trump's global trade war costs the U.S. crucial medical supplies in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Column: With attack on NIH, Trump steps up his assault on coronavirus science

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Now Trump is blaming the NIH for his coronavirus fiasco.

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Column: Nurses know we were unprepared for the coronavirus. They're being punished for speaking out

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Nurses know how unprepared we were for COVID-19. They're getting punished for speaking out.

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Column: Nixon wanted to take credit for government checks too, but a top official stopped him

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Before Trump, Nixon tried to get his name on government checks, but failed

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Column: Experts lose enthusiasm for chloroquine coronavirus treatment promoted by Trump

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Medical experts are not finding much to like in Trump's chloroquine treatment.

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Column: Why did the stock market rally on awful unemployment news?

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The stock market rallied on the unemployment figures because it's not a moral barometer.

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Michael Hiltzik Column: Why did the stock market rally on awful unemployment news? Because it doesn't care about your feelings 50d