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Manchin Wins Cuts to Unemployment Benefits as COVID Relief Bill Passes Senate
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin played a central role in cutting beneficial measures from the COVID relief package.
Punitive Attendance Policies Fueled COVID-19 Outbreaks in Meatpacking Plants
Meatpacking plants have been deadly COVID-19 hot spots -- but policies that encourage workers to show up sick are legal.
Millions of Unpaid Caregivers Are Currently Ineligible for COVID Vaccine
Millions of people in the U.S. who care for sick or elderly family members worry about exposing loved ones to COVID.
Press Sec Psaki: Trump Doesn’t Deserve Vaccine Credit After 500K COVID Deaths
The daily rate of new COVID-19 cases being reported has decreased by 67 percent since Biden assumed office.
COVID Deaths Soar in Brazil as Bolsonaro Blasts Lockdowns
Less than 4 percent of Brazil’s population has been vaccinated as President Jair Bolsonaro opposes lockdowns and masks.
Reckless Governors Are Lobbing a Hand Grenade Into Biden’s COVID Plan
We must push back against our state leaders as they abandon life-saving protections against COVID-19.
Latinx Farmworkers Risking Their Lives During COVID Struggle to Access Vaccines
Roughly 2.5 million U.S. farmworkers labor under dangerous and exploitative circumstances
With Just 7% of Texans Vaccinated, Gov. Greg Abbott Declares State “OPEN 100%”
The governor's call to ease restrictions comes as Texas is seeing daily case numbers go up, compared to two weeks ago.
Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young COVID Long Haulers
Doctors are now reporting the emergence of downstream complications that mimic what’s seen in adult “long haulers.”
Anti-Choice Forces Use Pandemic as Pretext to Slash Abortion Access
States have tried to use COVID to ban abortion as a nonessential service.