The vote comes as 100 million people and counting are either uninsured or underinsured in the U.S. amid a pandemic.
Environment & Health
The call was yet another warning about the seriousness of the outbreaks given to local officials but not the public.
The industry is spending millions to push weaker state and federal public health laws to override strong local laws.
The poll also shows that close to 7-in-10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s COVID-19 response.
In places like California, many Latinx workers labor in essential jobs as farmworkers and meatpackers.
Experts warn, however, that the number of coronavirus deaths tallied so far is likely an undercount, not an overcount.
Workers have been threatened by unjust firings, lack of protective equipment and negligent management.
As COVID cases spike across the South, even some of the most conservative governors have instituted statewide mandates.
Educators and public health experts have denounced as reckless the Trump administration’s push to reopen schools.
State Representative Attica Scott says the effort is just a “short-term Band-aid.”