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Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19
Addressing how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice.
New COVID Infections Surge in US as Trump Fixates on His Election Prospects
For this president, the health and survival of the people come a distant second to his electioneering.
Taking Schools Online Leaves Marginalized Students Remote From Learning
Students and educators have all become subjects in “The Great Zoom-School Experiment.”
Undocumented Survivors Have Long Lived in Limbo. COVID-19 Is Making It Worse.
Undocumented immigrant survivors of violence could be waiting up to a decade to receive a U visa.
Trump’s Arizona Rally Confirms His COVID Policy Is Driven Only by His Ego
It’s all too terrible for a Hollywood script, and exactly as real as your next breath.
Trump Responds to COVID-19 Spike by Cracking Down on Immigration
Advocates say the Trump administration is using COVID-19 as an excuse to pursue a harsh nativist agenda.
Austerity Measures Have No Place in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
Two congressional proposals put the burden of debt reduction on the poorest and most vulnerable Americans.
Big Tech Is Using the Pandemic to Push Dangerous New Forms of Surveillance
Data from new smartphone apps being used to track COVID infections can easily be weaponized against groups of people.
The GOP Is Getting Back to Business as Usual — Trying to Gut Social Programs
For Trump and the GOP, maintaining a façade of prosperity is necessary to keeping power.
Post-COVID Economy May Have More Robots, Fewer Jobs and Intensified Surveillance
Millions who lost their jobs will not be reabsorbed into the labor force as technology takes over their former tasks.
Health Care Anti-Bias Tools May Be Endangering Classes of Essential Workers
Protocols for prioritizing COVID-19 treatment are implicitly biased against the mostly non-white essential workers.