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GOP COVID Patients Receive Care They’d Deny Others. Time for Medicare for All.
Under the for-profit health care system, the vast majority of Americans are in no position to simply go to the hospital.
Louisiana Official Gets Industry Cash to Push Pipeline Through Local Communities
Black and Indigenous community members say that they have not been asked whether they want the toxic infrastructure.
Latest COVID Antibodies Study Shows Herd Immunity Strategy Is “Highly Unethical”
With less than 10 percent of U.S. adults carrying antibodies, researchers also found herd immunity to be “unachievable.”
If We Don’t Act Now, the Entire US Could Become a “Cancer Alley”
Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” is a warning for what could become the norm if Trump and the plastics industry get their way.
Researchers Say Trump Is the “Largest Single Component” of COVID Misinformation
From hydroxychloroquine to sunlight, Trump has promoted many false whoppers about how to treat the virus.
India Hits 6 Million COVID Cases as Modi Government Represses Dissent
Fears of mass unemployment and food shortages outweigh discussion on the pandemic.
White House Overrules “No-Sail Ban” Despite Cruise Ships Being Hotbeds of COVID
The CDC noted last month that lifting the ban would result in “substantial unnecessary risk” to a number of individuals.
Meatpacking Plants Deny Workers Comp to Thousands Who Contracted COVID-19
Out of 930 workers compensation claims made by workers in Minnesota alone, none have been approved so far.
White House Pressured CDC to Produce Data Backing Trump’s Push to Reopen Schools
One former White House aide said the administration was “exchanging votes for lives” in pressuring the CDC.
Agribusiness Is Trying to Greenwash Its Dirty Waste as “Renewable Energy”
The burgeoning biogas industry poses a direct threat to our fragile climate and vulnerable communities.