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Harlem Hospital Nurses Demand Better Protection Amid Pandemic
At Harlem Hospital Center, health care workers are expected to use one mask for five 12-hour shifts.
Duterte Threatens to Kill Citizens Who Disobey COVID-19 Lockdown in Philippines
Duterte has ordered soldiers to shoot to kill residents if they resist a strict lockdown on the island of Luzon.
NYC Nurses Demand Protective Gear as COVID-19 Death Toll Skyrockets
Nurses are protesting one of the nation’s largest hospital chains for its “lack of preparedness.”
Trump’s Big Bailout Is a Recipe for Fraud and Scandal
There will be those who are unjustly rewarded and others who should have been rescued.
Pandemic Highlights India’s Class Divide as 1.3 Billion Lock Down
More than 80 percent of India’s workforce is informal, with most living off daily wages often less than $2 or $3 a day.
Trump Backs Pharma Company’s Exclusive Patent on Possible COVID-19 Treatment
Trump has responded to the pandemic by rewarding pharmaceutical corporations like Gilead Sciences.
Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
Obama ordered more ventilators, but corporate profit motives derailed the effort, leaving us unprepared for COVID-19.
Tenants Organize Strikes, Demand Rent Relief as COVID-19 and Unemployment Surge
Despite eviction moratoriums and relief on mortgage payments in hard-hit states, no rent freeze has been ordered.
UPS Workers Say Company Not Prioritizing Safety as Employees Test Positive
At least three employees at a UPS facility near Boston have tested positive. Two dozen more have been quarantined.
Amid Pandemic, Homeless New Yorkers Demand Refuge in Vacant Apartments, Hotels
Tens of thousands of homeless people in New York City have been left with no way to shelter in place.