Tenants are mobilizing to cancel rent, stop evictions and demand construction and maintenance of affordable housing.
Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19
Since COVID-19 hit the United States, it’s been at the top of every news outlet’s headlines. However, the disparate impact and deep injustices that the crisis has wrought often go unmentioned. So do the underlying oppressive systems that allowed the pandemic to reach the magnitude that it has. Truthout is taking on these injustices with a broad-ranging series, “Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19,” which addresses how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice. Through investigative reporting and dynamic analysis, we’ll paint a real picture of this pandemic’s implications — and sketch a bold new image of what a post-pandemic world could look like. In this series, journalists, activists, organizers and thinkers, many of whom have been brutally impacted by the crisis themselves, will share stories and insights that point the way toward a transformed future.
The U.S. needs a federal program to help keep artists and artistic centers afloat through direct hiring or subsidies.
“We want them infected,” reads an email from former Trump administration adviser Paul Alexander.
Activists across the country are holding actions this week calling for the release of prisoners during the pandemic.
As cities and states stare down a growing financial apocalypse, they have begun to slash vital public services.
The richest Americans are getting richer as millions struggle to afford basic necessities.
Capitalism will win, of course; the question is how much more we the people will lose.
Many prisoners pinned their hopes on the CARES Act, which should have allowed them to begin rebuilding their lives.
U.S. must act now and leverage its stake in vaccine development to prevent “global vaccine apartheid,” advocates say.
Economic recovery is slowing as COVID-19 cases surge and Congress remains deadlocked on pandemic relief.