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COVID-19
Experts Are Worried About the Potential of Another Brutal COVID Winter
Let us find our way to the new year without walking on a road of bones, again.
As Governments Push Us “Back to Normal,” Don’t Forget About Prison Conditions
In a nation with the world’s largest prison population, decarceration must be our goal.
Many Nations Have Used COVID to Impose the Tyranny of Transnational Capital
The “new normal” rammed during the pandemic involves increasingly obscene power held by transnational corporations.
Activists Say WTO Deal on Vaccine Patents Is “Sham” Dictated by Rich Nations
Advocates say the agreement will do virtually nothing to address vast global inequities in vaccine and treatment access.
Medicare for All Could Have Prevented 338,000 COVID Deaths in the US
A study also shows that universal health coverage could have saved $459 billion in medical costs during 2020 alone.
Adjunct and Tenured Faculty Must Unite to Resist Pandemic Opportunism on Campus
Administrators are still using COVID to justify the neoliberal gutting of higher education. Let’s resist together.
Andrew Giuliani Can’t Attend GOP Gubernatorial Debate Due to Being Unvaccinated
The son of the former New York City mayor claims "natural immunity" should be enough to let him participate in person.
WTO Draft Text Has Abandoned COVID Patent Waiver, Critics Say
A World Trade Organization conference kicked off in Geneva on Sunday amid demonstrations in support of the TRIPS waiver.
I’ve Been in School Mental Health for 10 Years. My Heart Is Breaking Right Now.
As a school-based social worker, I see COVID’s heavy toll. Social workers can’t fix this alone. We need systemic change.
State Audit Reveals Florida Undercounted COVID Deaths by Thousands
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis frequently downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic.