Opioid Deaths Rise to Record Levels During Pandemic
Deaths from opioid overdoses have increased in the United States as people face psychological distress from the unmitigated pandemic. …
Deaths from opioid overdoses have increased in the United States as people face psychological distress from the unmitigated pandemic. …
Biden’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly discussed some of the world’s most urgent problems, but presented no actual solutions. …
Politicians in Congress are playing games with the debt ceiling, but it is the working people who will suffer the consequences. …
The problems of the for-profit healthcare system existed before COVID. COVID demonstrated just how broken the system is. …
The Republican-led recall election in California was a huge waste of time and money, and Californians were right to reject it – but that is not the same as an endorsement of Newsom. …
Han pasado veinte años desde los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001, que resultaron …
September 9, 2021 is the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. …
Environmental activist Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to 8 years in prison as a “terrorist” for sabotaging the Dakota Access pipeline. …
The western United States is experiencing extreme droughts while the capitalist system exacerbates climate change. …
Over a year and a half into the pandemic, healthcare workers are stressed and understaffed because hospitals continue to cut costs. …
On August 28, activists in San Francisco protested in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan. …
With the end of the eviction moratorium, the United States government shows that it cares more about private property rights than about people’s needs. …
Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections. …
Abbott Laboratories destroyed millions of COVID tests because it was not profitable to sell them. …
The emergence of new COVID variants is due to the mishandling of the pandemic by capitalist governments around the world. …
With the fall of the U.S.-backed government of Afghanistan to the Taliban, who has lost what? …
Biden’s “bipartisan” infrastructure plan is useless when considering the climate crisis. …
Macron is attempting to scapegoat anti-vaxxers to deflect blame from his own government’s failures in handling the pandemic. …
A study ranked the United States’ healthcare system poorly amongst those of 11 wealthy nations. …
Transit workers in the Bay Area are fighting for hazard pay for working during the pandemic. …
An analysis of the situation in Cuba. …
New York and Los Angeles are trying to deal with their homeless populations, sometimes by force. They are not addressing what makes people homeless in the first place. …
U.S. troops may be leaving Afghanistan, but U.S. aggression around the world remains. …
Despite Biden’s talk of ending private prisons, his administration continues to fund private detention centers. …
Miners from the Warrior Met Coal Company in Alabama have been on strike since April 1. …
A leaked training document from the U.S. Navy grouped socialists with neo-Nazis as terrorists. …
Activists fought against a pipeline project in Tennessee and won: the Byhalia Connection Pipeline has been cancelled. …
While Macron attacks retirees’ pensions, he aids the capitalist class. …
During the “ceasefire,” Israel has continued to demolish Palestinian homes. …
The Delta variant of COVID-19 arose due to a lack of global policy to fight COVID-19. …
Climate activists protested against Biden’s ineffective climate proposal. …
Nurses at a hospital in Massachusetts are protesting unsafe practices in the longest strike in state history. …
Years before the collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, engineers had identified deterioration and recommended repairs – which were never made. …
The Democrats failed to pass a voting reform bill – but even if they did, it wouldn’t have addressed big money choosing the candidates. …
Demonstrating the absurdity of capitalism, Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every week. …
Amazon’s Prime Day is the ultimate capitalist “holiday.” …
Our fraternal organization in France urged a vote for Lutte Ouvriere in the June 20 election. …
After a person attacked a police officer with a knife in France, the French politicians are proposing remedies that don’t address the root cause of such violence. …
The ongoing megadrought in the western U.S. is a symptom of capitalism. We need to get rid of this system in order to solve these kinds of problems. …
As unemployment benefits are running out, the media are telling us that people don’t want to work. …
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is defending religion-based discrimination against LGBTQ students. …
The Democrats complain about Republican efforts at voter suppression, but they don’t seem to be passing any laws about it in Congress. We can’t depend on them to act. …
The Biden administration continues to defend mining and oil projects, because it represents the capitalist system. …
The U.S. continues to maintain its empire with Biden at the head of the military. …
A report from an activist in Colombia. …
We can’t rely on capitalists to stop building oil pipelines. Only a mass movement can. …
Texas’s ban on abortion must be fought – we can’t wait for the courts to decide. …
Black people were not given freedom from slavery – they had to fight for it. …
Brazilians are protesting against Bolsonaro’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
After the cease-fire, Israel is still attacking Palestinians. …
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