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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.
Amid COVID-19, It’s Time to Nationalize Airlines and Other Industries
Nationalization would not only provide economic opportunities in the oncoming recession, but also aid in climate action.
Systemic Racism Is Making Coronavirus Worse in Black America
Many more Black people will die unless policymakers act immediately with a focus on health equity and racial justice.
Trump Welcomes More Guest Workers Amid Crisis While Rejecting Asylum Seekers
Trump is weaponizing coronavirus to shut out asylum seekers while stepping up the exploitation of seasonal farmworkers.
Fascists Are Using COVID-19 to Advance Their Agenda. It’s Up to Us to Stop Them.
We must build new strategies within our movements to combat the incoming wave of authoritarianism.
In Absence of State Action, Organizers Help Homeless People During Pandemic
Amid systemic failures, mutual aid efforts to address people’s survival needs are ramping up across the world.
Chomsky and Pollin: To Heal From COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World
Will the coronavirus crisis lead to a new way of organizing society?
New York Officials Caused More Deaths to Maintain the “Illusion of Education”
City leaders are still talking grades and achievement when they should be caring for students’ needs, says one teacher.
People With Disabilities Face Greater Risk of Economic Devastation From COVID-19
We need an economic stimulus aimed at ensuring people with disabilities are not thrust even further into poverty.
Prison Guards Are Receiving Hand Sanitizer. My Incarcerated Son Is Not.
COVID-19 has already killed two people in the prison where my son is held. I am terrified because he has no protection.
The Pandemic Has Accelerated the Global Economic “Slowbalization”
Foreign policy expert John Feffer discusses globalization in a post-pandemic world.