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COVID-19
Hospitals Try to Curb Astronomical Emissions as Pandemic Brings New Challenges
The global health care climate footprint is equivalent to the annual emissions from 514 coal-fired plants.
Fossil Fuel Phase Out Must Begin Where the Industry Has Hurt People the Most
Low-income people and communities of color have borne the environmental brunt of our reliance on polluting fossil fuels.
Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery.Â
What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being?
Vaccines Are Still Overwhelmingly Our Best Weapon Against COVID
Even as concerns are raised, we must remember vaccines are by far the best weapon we have in this fight.
Communities Hardest Hit by COVID Are Also Harmed Most by Standardized Testing
Standardized testing under pandemic conditions will only magnify the inequities the tests were designed to perpetuate.
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries
Experts warn this inequity will persist unless rich countries end their obstruction of efforts to suspend drug patents.
More Than 3,600 US Health Care Workers Have Died in the Pandemic’s First Year
More than 400 U.S. health care workers have also died since the vaccine rollout began.
Domestic Workers Need Federal Protections — Even More So Amid a Pandemic
All we’re asking is for the same rights and protections other workers enjoy.
Trumpism Is Not Just an American Problem. It’s Festering in the UK.
Under Boris Johnson’s watch, the U.K. has been using the pandemic as a cover for implementing authoritarian rules.
Cuba’s Medical Investments Led to Lower Death Rates and Aid for Other Nations
Since 2020, approximately 440 Cubans have died from COVID-19, giving Cuba one of the lowest death rates per capita.