Day: March 14, 2020
Coronavirus v the US healthcare system
The Coronavirus is spreading across the world rapidly and testing the resilience of governments and societies. The US has found itself unprepared for the pandemic partly because Donald Trump got rid of a pandemic response power when he first came to power but also because of the healthcare system that has been at the center of this election season. Lee covers the situation so far. …
31 years since Saddam Hussein’s Halabja massacre (Kurdistan region high representative) (E856)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq’s High Representative to the UK Karwan Jamal Tahir. He discusses the Kurdish art exhibition where our interview is taking place, the values of Kurdish culture, the 31st anniversary of the Halabja massacre which saw then US-UK ally Saddam Hussein drop chemical weapons and kill over 5,000 Kurds, the Kurdish uprising which saw the establishment of democratic Kurdish autonomous rule in Iraq, the legacy of the Iraq War, the Kurdish reaction to the US assassination of Qassem Soleimani, and the KRG’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. …
The News with Rick Sanchez – March 13, 2020
Rick Sanchez examines the purported death rate of those infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Idaho and West Virginia are the only US states without confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. Louisiana is postponing its primary election until June. New York State is going to institute drive-through testing. …