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COVID-19
Anti-Immigrant Racism Complicates COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the South
The aggressive anti-immigrant attitudes of the Trump era are hindering vaccination efforts among immigrant populations.
Biden Will Hold Candle Lighting Ceremony to Mark 500,000 US Deaths From COVID
The number of deaths due to COVID is equal to the combined number of U.S. deaths in World War II and the Vietnam War.
Republicans’ Politicization of Mask-Wearing May Have Killed Tens of Thousands
The partisan rift on mask-wearing sown early in the pandemic persists today as Republican leaders lift mask mandates.
US Workers Cried Out for More Masks. The Government Allowed N95 Exports Anyway.
Workplace-safety experts say the U.S. has not done enough to ensure supplies or pressure employers to protect workers.
COVID Aid Has Been Too Small to Pull Millions of Families Out of Severe Hardship
There is an undeniable need for further government aid just to ensure that tens of millions of families can get by.
Ocasio-Cortez Backs Probe of Cuomo’s Mishandling of Nursing Home COVID Deaths
AOC is supporting calls for an investigation following revelations that the New York governor withheld coronavirus data.
Unprepared for COVID, Texas Women’s Prison Was Equally Unprepared for Uri
The recent winter storm left the nation's only federal medical prison for women without heat or hot water.
As Colleges Reopen, Higher Education Workers Are Organizing for Their Own Safety
Economic disparities and unsafe working conditions are motivating staff on campuses to build power through unions.
Cities Are Razing Homeless Encampments Despite Record Cold Weather and COVID
Municipalities are flouting CDC advice and carrying out forcible evictions of the unhoused during a record-cold winter.
Amid G7 Meeting, Pressure Mounts for Biden to Remove Global Barriers to Vaccines
As of Wednesday, 130 countries hadn’t yet received a single dose of the vaccine.