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Lori Lightfoot
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Prisons & Policing

10 Largest US Cities Will Spend More on Police Than Public Health This Year

The combined policing budgets of these cities is 3.6 times greater than their public health department budgets.
by
Ella Fassler,
Truthout
February 24, 2021
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ICE officer seen over COVID vaccine prep
News Analysis
Environment & Health

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.
by
Sarah Varney,
Kaiser Health News
February 23, 2021
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A refinery is seen on August 29, 2017, in Deer Park, Texas.
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Politics & Elections

Texas Refineries Release Over 300,000 Pounds of Pollutants During Storm

Winter Storm Uri disrupted supplies needed to keep the state’s refineries and petrochemical plants operating.
by
Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
February 22, 2021
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An illustration of a woman breathing in toxic gas
News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

Police Deployed Potentially Lethal Chemical During Black Lives Matter Protests

The hexachloroethane smoke that police used against protesters can cause vomiting, respiratory distress and even death.
by
Laura Jedeed,
Truthout
February 11, 2021
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Illustration of USA health care in sickly condition even with Trump face torn away
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Environment & Health

New Lancet Report: 40 Percent of US COVID Deaths Could Have Been Avoided

The scathing new report is an indictment of both Trump and a health care system that values profit over human life.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
February 11, 2021
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Colorado National Guard members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team member, processes through the decontamination station after performing COVID-19 testing at a state veterans home in Aurora, Colorado, April 29, 2020.
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Military Metaphors in Health Care Are Harmful — Especially During the Pandemic

We must reimagine health and healing in a way that doesn’t label our oppressors “humanitarians.”
by
Hiba Ansar,
Truthout
February 6, 2021
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Worldwide Anti-Science Movement Threatens Pandemic Response and Public Health
Interview
Environment & Health

Worldwide Anti-Science Movement Threatens Pandemic Response and Public Health

Dangerous disinformation has led to people tying their political allegiance to refusing vaccination and masks.
by
Amy Goodman &
Nermeen Shaikh,
Democracy Now!
January 29, 2021
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Mother gets a vaccination she doesn't deserve
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Environment & Health

Spouses of Leaders Receive COVID Vaccine While the Vulnerable Wait

The early vaccinations of political spouses spurred outrage on social media.
by
Laura Ungar,
Kaiser Health News
January 11, 2021
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Registered nurse Katelyn Musslewhite cares for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center amid a surge in COVID-19 patients in Southern California on December 23, 2020, in Apple Valley, California.
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Environment & Health

US Barely Kept Track of the Nearly 3,000 Health Care Workers That Died in 2020

A new analysis shows a far higher number of health care worker deaths than those reported by the government.
by
Christina Jewett,
Robert Lewis &
Melissa Bailey,
Kaiser Health News
January 1, 2021
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A worker pours dry ice into boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as they are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December 13, 2020.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Getting COVID Vaccines to Rural Areas Is Harder Than It Looks

Getting accurate information about the vaccine and how to receive it into rural areas has proved difficult.
by
Bennett Doughty &
Pamela Stewart Fahs,
The Conversation
December 29, 2020
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