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New Report Looks at Strategies to Cut Incarceration of Illinois Women by Half
While the report’s scope is limited to Illinois, its recommendations are relevant to women’s incarceration nationwide.
There May Be an Oral Antiviral COVID Pill by the End of the Year
The experimental oral drug would treat COVID-19 as soon as patients display symptoms.
Tucker Carlson Is Emblematic of Today’s Republican Party
The people who watch Carlson believe what he says, and we saw what they are capable of in January.
The More Biden Expands ACA, the Harder It Will Be for the Right to Cut It
Ironing out the ACA's kinks and expanding its reach may be the best short-term path toward near-universal coverage.
Seattle City Council Calls on Biden to Support Vaccine Patent Waiver
The pharmaceutical industry, meanwhile, is aggressively lobbying the Biden White House to maintain its opposition.
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.