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World AIDS Day Is Grim Reminder of an Ongoing Epidemic Amid COVID-19
As the world waits on an effective vaccine for COVID-19, the pandemic threatens treatment for those living with HIV.
Trump Moves to Expand Ways to Kill Prisoners — Including Firing Squads
This comes as the Trump administration has already executed eight people in the past five months.
Biden’s Defense Pick Flournoy Is Part of the Military-Industrial Revolving Door
Though she would be the first woman to lead the Department of Defense, Flournoy offers only more of the same.
2020 Was the Deadliest Year for Trans and Gender-Nonconforming People on Record
Advocates call for media to counteract -- rather than perpetuate -- systemic discrimination.
Drugmakers Will Profit Off COVID Vaccines Generated by Taxpayer-Funded Research
Corporate watchdogs say much of the research and development of the medicines is publicly funded.
AOC and Cori Bush Join Protest Outside DNC to Push Biden on Climate Action
Activists staged an occupation outside the DNC in support of the Green New Deal and a lobbyist-free cabinet.
US Passes 250,000 COVID Deaths as Hospitals Brace for Holiday Surge
Health officials say conditions will worsen further with holiday travel and family gatherings for Thanksgiving.
Mobile Morgues Fill Up in El Paso as Gov. Greg Abbott Refuses New Lockdown
El Paso County is facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S.
Hospitals Are Still Unprepared and Lack PPE After 9 Months of Pandemic
The nation's largest nurses' union estimates at least 2,000 frontline health care workers have died due to COVID-19.
US-Backed Moroccan Military Breaks Three-Decade Ceasefire in Western Sahara
The Polisario Front says it is now mobilizing thousands of volunteers to join the fight for independence.