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GOP Is Increasingly Bent on Controlling Schools. Glenn Youngkin Is a Case Study.
Youngkin’s emphasis on local control over schools helped propel him to power. Now, he risks alienating that same base.

South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Fines or Prison Time for Asking Vaccine Status
The bill could have far-reaching consequences beyond employer rules, one labor law attorney in the state suggested.

Ocasio-Cortez Urges Biden to Expand At-Home Test Program for Multifamily Homes
People in multifamily residences have been unable to order free at-home tests from the Biden administration’s website.

Covax, the UN-Backed Vaccine Initiative, Is Reportedly Out of Money
Covax running out of money could spell potential disaster for low-income countries.

Some Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients for 4th Shot
The CDC must do a better job educating pharmacies, doctors and patients, experts say.

I’m a High-Risk Disabled Professor. Am I Teaching In Person?
Governor DeSantis says I’m teaching in person. Where is the uprising of professors? Where is the change.org petition?

My Son Was Incarcerated at 13. Six Years Later, It’s Clear the State Failed Him.
Amid a pandemic, the conditions at youth prisons have become all the more inhumane.

Pandemic Accommodations Proved We Can Vastly Expand Disability Access If We Try
Significant accommodations were offered once the pandemic started affecting the capitalist class.

Vaccine Profits Minted 9 New Billionaires While Vaccine Apartheid Drove Omicron
The super-rich have prolonged the pandemic as 99 percent of the world's people have seen their incomes drop.

COVID Shows It’s Time to End the Pharmaceutical Industry
The only way out of this pandemic is a global prioritization of public health above profit.