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Everyone is affected by the pandemic, but women workers face a terrible combination of challenges. …

As the pandemic continues, University of California is crying poor …

This was different. Something changed. People were engaged. …

All the pent up anger, all the weeks of being stuck at home, all the worry about getting sick, all the economic hardship, all the anxiety about the future, combined with the history of systemic racism dating back to slavery led to a response that exploded into the streets. …

And it’s on course to get even worse, with weakening environmental protections …

In addition to the coronavirus pandemic, and the deadly racism of our society that is being highlighted in the streets, June has brought another danger: hurricane season. …

In Vallejo, CA on June 2, police executed a 22-year old man in cold blood. …

White-supremacist organizations and individuals have taken to Twitter to promote their violent agenda …

This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …

Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to the massive destruction to the environment …

On June 3, former Defense Secretary James Mattis released a statement condemning Donald Trump …

On June 4, protesters in Hong Kong held their annual vigil for the victims at Tienanmen Square …

In Washington, D.C. on Monday, protesters were faced with pepper-spray and the threat of arrest …

Who actually supports Trump and the Republicans’ call to reopen the economy? …

Online Townhall: Sat. May 30, 2020

It isn’t a question of what any individual chooses to do, even if they choose not to follow orders …

From the start of the pandemic, bosses have demanded the government provide amnesty against lawsuits …

Bus drivers in NYC and Minneapolis have refused to help police crack down on protesters …

After making a speech threatening to use the military to squash protests across the country …

An activist from Speak Out Now speaks at the George Floyd Solidarity March in Oakland on June 1 …

Trump wants to appear as the strong man, in charge amidst the chaos he helped create. …

The attention-grabbing protests to reopen the economy were not what they seemed to be. …

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities and towns all over the country in protest and demonstrations, day after day and into the night, saying – No More! …

What do the Democrats propose in response to the police murder of George Floyd? NOTHING. …

Ford workers forced their assembly line to shut down at the Dearborn, MI truck assembly plant. …

Joe Biden has a solution to the problem of police violence: shoot Black people in the legs instead! …

As protests against racist police violence continue, many are discussing how the police can be reformed …

The family of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot down in her home by cops, is still demanding justice …

Thousands across the country are protesting the horrific racist police murder of George Floyd …

In cities around the U.S. people took to the streets to express outrage over George …

A recent study found that when temperatures increase past 89.6°F, tropical forests end up releasing CO2 …

As businesses reopen, those who still have jobs must think about how much protection there will be …

Last week floods breached two dams near Midland, Michigan, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate …

The arrogance of racist cops was on full display Memorial Day when they murdered George Floyd …

In mid-May there was a big announcement regarding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. …

Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …

Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …

Memorial Day is supposedly a solemn occasion to remember Americans who died fighting in wars, a serious subject if ever there was one. So why is it typically celebrated with beach parties and consumer product sales …

Anybody in the Bay Area knows that housing is a nightmare, but COVID-19 has made it a horror …

Billionaire techies like Bill Gates of Microsoft and Eric Schmidt of Google have been using the COVID crisis to meet U.S. military and other federal officials …

On April 9, George Leigh, a worker at Amazon’s DNY4 distribution center in Bethpage, New York, he died as a result of COVID-19. …

22 million Americans have lost their jobs and are scrambling to figure out what to do, but the billionaires in the U.S. have increased their wealth by 10%. …

Trump released a statement saying that “governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, for this weekend.” What an irresponsible statement! …

California governor Gavin Newsom released a revised budget for the state of California on May 14. Who are the targets of his spending cuts? Workers, high-needs students, the elderly …

36.5 million workers had filed for unemployment, but most are waiting to see the funds appear. The viral hashtag #PendingPurgatory explains what it’s been like for working people …

Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …

American-made weapons are still killing thousands of innocent people in Yemen, a country experiencing one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises …