Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Biden’s Spending Bill Is Huge, But Comparing It to the New Deal Is a Stretch Many sweeping provisions in the stimulus will expire in one year, whereas the New Deal created lasting social programs. By Ezra Brain , LeftVoice March 14, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor OSHA Performed Half as Many Workplace Inspections in 2020 Compared to 2019 Despite receiving more complaints, the agency performed 50 percent fewer inspections. Some of them were done remotely. By Brian Michael Doherty , LaborNotes March 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health House Dems to Revive Medicare for All Bill 1 Year After COVID Reached All States Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell will introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2021 on March 17. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Owners of Hospital Conglomerate Made Billions as Health Care Workers Lacked PPE The largest for-profit hospital conglomerate in the U.S. has made billions for its biggest shareholders during COVID. By Chuck Collins & Omar Ocampo , Inequality.org March 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Biden Condemns Racist Violence Against Asian Americans in Prime-Time Speech Advocates say, however, that Biden’s empowerment of the Justice Department is not the answer to rising hate crimes. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health GOP-Run States Saw Higher COVID Death Rates, Study Shows Republican governors' partisan actions may have "influenced the spread of the virus," one of the study's authors said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Senator Absurdly Tries to Claim Credit for Stimulus That He Voted Against Not one Republican voted in favor of the economic relief package supported by nearly two-thirds of the American public. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 11, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Progressive Democrats Back Stimulus Bill, Despite Changes in Senate Version Even with substantial changes in the Senate, the stimulus bill is still viewed positively by progressives in the House. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 9, 2021 Truthout
News | Racial Justice COVID Has Put a Whole Generation of Black-Owned Businesses at Risk The economic impact of the pandemic could wipe out an entire generation of Black-owned businesses. By Lydia DePillis , ProPublica March 7, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Defeating COVID Requires Waiving Big Pharma’s Vaccine Patents, WHO Leader Says The head of the World Health Organization warned that global inequalities in vaccination could come back to haunt us. By Andrea Germanos , CommonDreams March 7, 2021 Truthout