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COVID-19
We Need a New Deal for Community College in the Wake of the Pandemic
In this era of online and hybrid learning, the community college system lacks the resources to transform as it needs to.
Right-Wing “Herd Immunity” Logic Has Infiltrated US Politics and Public Health
A toxic worldview has exploited pandemic despair to win new converts to the politics of the far right.
More People Die Young in US Due to Health Care and Welfare Cuts, Study Finds
By the time COVID-19 hit, about 600,000 more people in the U.S. were dying each year compared to its peer nations.
Biden Officials Launch Office for Studying and Preventing Long COVID
The office is soon launching clinical trials to study potential treatments for the illness that affects millions.
3.2 Million Children May Lose Care If Congress Lets Pandemic-Era Funds Expire
To have the child care system we deserve, child care needs funding to make it accessible and affordable.
DeSantis Claimed Pandemic Success in Florida as “Excess Deaths” Skyrocketed
More people died in rural Florida and across the U.S. during the pandemic's first two years than officially reported.
Kids Awaiting Foster Care Placement Are Being “Housed” in Jails and Offices
More than half the states in the U.S. have seen a decline in the number of licensed foster homes since 2021.
Expiration of Pandemic Aid Threatens to Deepen Child Care Crisis
The imminent end of cash infusions for child care could cause staff layoffs, increased tuition and programs to shutter.
COVID Hasn’t Disappeared — But Empathy, Care and Solidarity Have
Governments worldwide are abandoning people to a debilitating disease with one simple trick: saying it no longer exists.
Almost 7 Million People Are Predicted to Lose Medicaid Due to “Technicalities”
Of the 15 million expected to lose coverage, nearly 7 million may lose it solely due to clerical or logistical problems.