More than 300 organizations are calling for an end to fossil fuel bailouts while demanding alternatives such as rent cancellation, worker protections, and a people’s bailout. Worker ProtectionsAnother potential source of government assistance for the oil and gas industry is direct government funds. Obviously, oil and gas workers are hurting, with 51,000 jobs lost in March and more to come. Such a response to the coronavirus crisis centers people, especially the Black, brown, Indigenous, and low-wealth people who are most affected by this crisis—and all crises. Only a recovery based on principles such as those of the people’s bailout would be able to create a more just society out of the ashes of the coronavirus crisis.