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COVID-19
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.
At India’s Request, Twitter Blocks Posts Critical of Modi COVID Response
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the pandemic has come under scrutiny both within India and abroad.
Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries
Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
Extractive Companies Privatize Repression and Counterinsurgency in the Americas
As resistance to fossil fuels grows, private militaries have become a lucrative business, especially in Latin America.
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails
The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the ICE jailers giving the shots.
Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump-Era Vaccine Apartheid
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally.
Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons
The state has vaccinated 69 percent of the people in prison. However, most guards are not required to get vaccinated.
Michigan Outbreak Bolsters Fear That Conservative Outposts Will Prolong Pandemic
Michigan’s outbreak could be an anomaly or a preview of what's to come as the nation emerges from the pandemic.
Reject Greenwashing. At This Point, Only an Ecological Revolution Will Do.
The damage that has been done to the environment is only now beginning to reveal itself after decades of denial.
Indian Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Cases Soar in “Modi-Made Disaster”
India has recorded 315,000 new cases in a single day, the highest daily toll in any country since the pandemic began.