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Op-Ed
To Understand COVID in Prisons, Listen to Incarcerated People
The media must push back against rosy reports from prison officials and demand to speak directly with the prisoners.
COVID Deaths in US Will Soon Surpass Number of Americans Killed in Vietnam War
Before the weekend, known U.S. COVID deaths will surpass 58,000 -- the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War.
COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery
The current health crisis makes it clear that to truly adhere to the Hippocratic oath, doctors must also be activists.
I’m Native and Disabled. The US Government Is Sacrificing My People.
Resources for Native people were limited before the pandemic. Now, they are even more so.
Reopening Economies Will Worsen the Spread of COVID-19 Through the Rural South
Rural residents will be increasingly exposed to the virus if they are forced to resume commutes to jobs in urban areas.
News Networks Must Provide Equal Time to Rebut Trump’s Daily Campaign Events
No commander-in-chief should be spared from scrutiny in the midst of such a crisis.
“Grim Reaper” Mitch McConnell Is Using COVID-19 Crisis to Punish Blue States
McConnell wants to starve blue states, give billions to corporations and still win the election.
Take Care of Yourself and Your Family. Do Not Listen to the President.
Things are going to be different when this is done. Please do what you can to be here for that.
Democrats Once Again Fail to Push for Basic Protections in Relief Bill
Did Nancy and Chuck get rolled again by the party of permanent obstruction?
Agricultural Workers Have Struggled for Decades. They Need COVID-19 Relief Now.
Amid the pandemic, those essential workers who grow our food and pick it are treated as if they are disposable.