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My Daughter Was Exposed to COVID. Thank Goodness She Was Vaccinated.
Everyone deserves to know what it’s like to be able to worry just a little bit less because they are vaccinated.
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Capitalism Must Not Dictate Our Response to Omicron Variant
In the face of the virus's new iteration, we must prioritize saving lives.
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Workers Deserved Bernie’s Build Back Better, But They’ll Likely Get Manchin’s
The obstacle to the working class achieving real gains is neoliberal ideas that distort the reality of workers' lives.
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We Work Too Damn Much. Let’s Demand a 4-Day Workweek by 2022.
A four-day workweek would make time to rebalance our lives and also create space for collective action to thrive.
![Shipping containers are seen reflected in a pond at the Port of Savannah in Georgia on October 23, 2021. The supply chain crisis has created a backlog of nearly 80,000 shipping containers at this port, the third-largest container port in the United States.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1236090505-400x300.jpg)
The COVID Supply Chain Breakdown Can Be Traced to Capitalist Globalization
Given the underlying structural crisis of global capitalism, worldwide economic turbulence is here to stay.
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From Burnout to Breakthroughs, Weary Organizers Can Come Back Stronger
How can we build our way back from pandemic exhaustion?
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Chomsky, Pollin and Lapavitsas: Are We Witnessing the Demise of Neoliberalism?
COVID has forced dramatic shifts. Is a new variant of capitalism emerging, or is neoliberalism just re-entrenching?
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The US Has Used Conservatorships to Exploit Indigenous Peoples
Breaches of trust were documented in which conservators took money or lands for their own monetary gain.
![Hundreds of Denver International Airport janitors walked off the job, striking for higher pay and less taxing workload at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on October 1, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1344328458-1-400x300.jpg)
Amid Labor Shortage and Supply Chain Disruption, Workers Have Historic Leverage
This favorable labor market is an opportunity for workers and unions to undo concessions or to win long-sought demands.
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Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Another World Is Still Possible
Occupy helped us imagine a world beyond capitalism.