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Political Leaders Use “Personal Responsibility” to Justify Needless COVID Deaths
For all his campaign promises, Biden has failed to set up a multilevel systemic public health response to COVID.
Biden Is Considering Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe
Progressive analysts warn the deployment of U.S. troops would further inflame tensions -- and risk war with Russia.
COVID Shows It’s Time to End the Pharmaceutical Industry
The only way out of this pandemic is a global prioritization of public health above profit.
After a Year of Biden, We Still Have Trump-Era Foreign Policy
From Afghanistan to China to vaccine apartheid, Biden is continuing the American tradition of wreaking havoc worldwide.
Omicron Supply-Chain Disruptions Are Hitting Low-Income Communities the Hardest
When the supply of essential goods gets scarce, poorer countries and individuals get frozen out of the market.
Students Are Walking Out of School Rather Than Returning to an Unsafe “Normal”
The upsurge of student protests across the U.S. is a reaction to a nationwide “return to normal,” no matter the cost.
World’s 10 Richest Men Doubled Their Wealth as Many Lost All During Pandemic
Growing wealth inequality “is not by chance, but choice,” Oxfam authors wrote.
Corporate Media Largely Ignore Labor Issues. Let’s Make Them Visible.
For years, the establishment press has utterly ignored workers and news about labor issues. Change is long overdue.
Critics Lambaste Sinema’s Opposition to Filibuster Changes
Sinema's position amounts to asking permission from “authors of vote-rigging” to protect voting rights, observers said.
Gorsuch Goes Maskless at Supreme Court, Increasing Colleagues’ COVID Risk Levels
Washington D.C.'s COVID hospitalization rate has increased by 162 percent over the past week.