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On the eve of the Republican National Convention, August 21, 2020 a coalition of Americans reeling from the COVID-related deaths of loved ones, unemployment, and all this crisis has wrought gathered at Barclays Center to turn their sadness and frustration into protest by organizing the March for the Dead, Fight for the Living, a candlelit procession across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street in Manhattan demanding the Trump administration and beyond to take responsible action to save lives and end suffering. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Today, protesters once again returned to downtown Raleigh, NC demanding Governor Roy Cooper reopen the state of NC sooner amid the "Covid 19 pandemic" executive orders that has essentially shut down the state. First the goal was "flattening the curve" so that hospitals would not be overwhelmed and our healthcare system would not collapse base on flawed death predictions of 2 million people dying in the USA. When that false narrative was debunked, they moved the goal posts to "were buying time til we can develop a therapeutic or vaccine". But here in lies the problem, if we are waiting for a "deus ex machina" while tens of thousands of people lose their jobs, and fall into poverty and despair, and we have no timeline at all! Millions have filed for unemployment after trying to contact NC Unemployment for weeks, That is millions out of work. No wonder there are so many angry Americans protesting on our streets.
On September 20, 2020 demonstrators gathered in Central Park to mourn the 200,000 COVID lost and call for fundamental, systemic changes to ongoing problems revealed by the current COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On September 20, 2020 demonstrators gathered in Central Park to mourn the 200,000 COVID lost and call for fundamental, systemic changes to ongoing problems revealed by the current COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Today, protesters once again returned to downtown Raleigh, NC demanding Governor Roy Cooper reopen the state of NC sooner amid the "Covid 19 pandemic" executive orders that has essentially shut down the state. First the goal was "flattening the curve" so that hospitals would not be overwhelmed and our healthcare system would not collapse base on flawed death predictions of 2 million people dying in the USA. When that false narrative was debunked, they moved the goal posts to "were buying time til we can develop a therapeutic or vaccine". But here in lies the problem, if we are waiting for a "deus ex machina" while tens of thousands of people lose their jobs, and fall into poverty and despair, and we have no timeline at all! Millions have filed for unemployment after trying to contact NC Unemployment for weeks, That is millions out of work. No wonder there are so many angry Americans protesting on our streets.
Hospital personnel were seen pictured behind a barricade as they move bodies onto a refrigerated overflow trailer parked outside Wyckoff Hospital in Bushwick, serving as turn-based morgue in an attempt to alleviate funeral homes in Brooklyn neighborhoods during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
The Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds performed a fly over New York City on April 28, 2020 to honor front-line and essential workers during the coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Today, protesters once again returned to downtown Raleigh, NC demanding Governor Roy Cooper reopen the state of NC sooner amid the "Covid 19 pandemic" executive orders that has essentially shut down the state. First the goal was "flattening the curve" so that hospitals would not be overwhelmed and our healthcare system would not collapse base on flawed death predictions of 2 million people dying in the USA. When that false narrative was debunked, they moved the goal posts to "were buying time til we can develop a therapeutic or vaccine". But here in lies the problem, if we are waiting for a "deus ex machina" while tens of thousands of people lose their jobs, and fall into poverty and despair, and we have no timeline at all! Millions have filed for unemployment after trying to contact NC Unemployment for weeks, That is millions out of work. No wonder there are so many angry Americans protesting on our streets.
On September 20, 2020 demonstrators gathered in Central Park to mourn the 200,000 COVID lost and call for fundamental, systemic changes to ongoing problems revealed by the current COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
As 6 bills will soon be introduced in the legislature to tax wealthy corporations and individuals who haven't been paying their fair share, a coalition of Activists gathered around New York City landmarks on March 4, 2021 to call for the Equitable Taxation of Corporations, demanding legislators to pass the Financial Transaction Tax to generate around 9 billion dollars needed for COVID Recovery, and Essential Services. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Governor Gavin Newsom announced the establishment of the Los Angeles Surge Hospital, a temporary facility in Los Angeles that will expand access to additional beds and expand ICU capacity for patients who contract COVID-19. Dignity Health and Kaiser Permanente will partner with the State of California and the County of Los Angeles to open the facility, which will be located on the campus of the former St. Vincent Medical Center in central Los Angeles. (Photo Credit: Los Angeles County)