News Analysis | Economy & Labor Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection The Department of Labor filed suit against Brazil meatpacking firm JBS for employing children in Minnesota and Nebraska. By Allan de Campos Silva & Rob Wallace , Truthout November 30, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health US Ranks Last Among Peer Nations for COVID-19 Mortality: Study More than 122,000 lives could have been saved if all states had the same vaccination rates as the most vaccinated. By Matthew Rozsa , Salon November 25, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Thousands of Health Care Workers Face Job Loss as COVID Funding Dwindles At least 80,000 new employees are needed at the local and federal level to meet basic public health services. By Lauren Weber , KaiserHealthNews November 23, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Why Did Democrats Vote With the GOP to End the COVID National Emergency? Congress is debating whether to terminate emergency orders that have allowed more people to access health care. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout November 17, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Billionaire-Funded “Anti-Science” Campaigns Are Causing Unnecessary Deaths In places like Texas where the legislature took a strong anti-vaccine stance, the consequences have been devastating. By Lily Meyersohn , Truthout November 15, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health CDC Finds Huge Racial Disparities in Access to COVID Treatment Paxlovid Black patients received Paxlovid for COVID-19 infection 36 percent less often than white patients. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 28, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Pfizer Price-Gouges by Charging 10,000 Percent Above Cost for US COVID Vaccine The move comes as the U.S. prepares to end the free vaccine program and amid mounting fears of a winter COVID spike. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 21, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health COVID Has Become Indefinite. We Need New Practices to Keep Each Other Safe. Some community organizers are using consent-based practices to build a safer world as the state abandons public health. By Meghan Krausch , Truthout October 18, 2022 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Teachers Nationwide Want to Reduce Class Sizes for More Reasons Than COVID The push to reduce class sizes is gaining momentum. Can the pandemic be a portal to the end of overcrowded classrooms? By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout October 13, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Congress Can Help Prevent Health Coverage Disruptions and Lock in Recent Gains Congress needs to help minimize coverage disruptions when the continuous Medicare coverage requirement is phased out. By Allison Orris , CenteronBudgetandPolicyPriorities October 10, 2022 Truthout