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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.
Health Care Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Outbreak Lack Key Protections
The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus.
Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads
We are in the grip of a social panic where people are channeling their fears into racist and anti-immigrant attacks.
Trump Is Treating Coronavirus Like a PR Problem, Not a Health Crisis
Unfortunately for the president, COVID-19 is proving stubbornly resistant to alternative facts.
We Need a President Who Cares If We Live or Die. Instead We Have Trump.
In the absence of presidential leadership, we must be our own leaders and take care of our communities as best we can.
Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care
Under the U.S.’s for-profit health system, the epidemic is not being treated like the public emergency it is.
Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US
Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick.
Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can’t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
The Ebola vaccine saga is a classic example of how big pharma is motivated by profit, not the public good.
What to Do When the World Is on Fire
As we face a global pandemic, Kelly Hayes talks with Vanamali Hermans about organizing and mutual aid amid catastrophe.
Community Clinics Fighting Coronavirus Could Soon Lose Federal Funding
Community health centers, often the first public health responders, could lose funding unless Congress acts.
Patents Are Slowing the Development of a Coronavirus Vaccine
As researchers compete to develop a vaccine, we have no guarantee it will be affordable if it is patented.