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COVID-19
Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board Has Done Little to Nothing Since Its Creation
Biden created the Pandemic Testing Board after his inauguration. A year later, there's little sign of the initiative.
Republicans Are Pressuring Medical Boards to Let COVID Misinformation Slide
Republican lawmakers threatened to disband the Tennessee medical board because of its policy against COVID falsehoods.
Defeating Vaccine Apartheid Will Require Unions That Fight Global Inequality
If labor truly believes that “an injury to one is an injury to all,” it must build support for global vaccination.
Spotify Signed Joe Rogan for $100 Million But Won’t Hold Him Accountable
Rogan has come under fire for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, using racial slurs and other harmful rhetoric.
Big Pharma Sought to Undermine South African Efforts to Produce COVID Vaccines
A foundation representing BioNTech urged the South African government to shut down efforts to copy Moderna's vaccine.
Having Learned Nothing From 900,000 Deaths, Governors Lift Mask Mandates
The capitalists say it's time to give up on COVID -- even as the deaths keep coming.
Pfizer Forecasts Record-Breaking 2022 Profits — as Billions Remain Unprotected
Just 11 percent of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated.
Disabled Activist Speaks Out Against Ableism During Pandemic
Alice Wong says that pandemic policy and discourse reflects how disabled people are often considered disposable.
Death Surrounds Us — We Cannot Ignore Its Reality, or Its Mystery
Death is a problem only for the living because we cannot grasp its meaning from this side of life.
January Sees Strong Job Growth as Omicron Leads to Cuts in Hours, Not Jobs
There's little evidence that wage growth is slowing.