While there have been some efforts at collaboration, it has become apparent that the search for a viable vaccine is ultimately driven by wasteful competition among governments and profiteering corporations. …
Blame is the name of the game, and with the coronavirus spreading rapidly through meat processing facilities, politicians are playing hard at blaming workers. …
Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel …
Over two million dollars has been donated by people around the world to help Navajo and Hopi Native American communities get necessary supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. …
Dozens of sanitation workers in New Orleans went on strike for COVID safety equipment last Wednesday, May 6. …
Four years ago, Trump campaigned on the slogan, “Build the wall!” He was fueling the economic fears of U.S. workers whose real income had gone …
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. …
We are living through one of the greatest health crises in world history. So why are so many U.S. health care workers out of work? …
Politicians are rushing to reopen the economy and they don’t care how many coffins they fill. …
Although Covid-19 sparked the current economic crisis, it is not the root cause. In late March and early April, experts projected a recession similar to the 2008 “great recession” was coming. …
Agribusinesses are destroying massive amounts of food while people across the United States are standing in lines at food banks …
In late April, President Trump ordered that meatpacking plants reopen after they were shut down because of COVID-19. He is more concerned about the companies’ profits than workers’ lives. …
As New Jersey – like other states – sees billions in tax dollars disappear during the COVID-19 pandemic, we already hear talk of massive budget shortfalls! What does this mean? You guessed it …
On Wednesday, after saying that he was planning to dismantle the White House coronavirus task force, Trump reversed course and said that he would keep …
The deep racism of this society has shown itself again. Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American man in Georgia, was hunted down by two men …
A recent study finds that global warming will impact humanity even more intensely, and sooner than previously thought. According to the research, for every 1ºC increase in global temperature, one billion people will be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat. …
According to a new paper by the University of California, Berkeley, high carbon-emitting industries have much lower import taxes than cleaner industries. …
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. …
Starting May 6, New York City’s subway system is shuttered every night between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic. …
World leaders held a virtual meeting on Monday, May 4, to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine research. Notably absent were any representatives from the U.S. or Russia. …
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
Dr. Fauci, the head of Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force, has been forced to contradict and make up for these stupid statements. …
With cases just beginning to surge in many states, testing still lagging, and no contact tracing, the U.S. disaster is only just beginning. …
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
Although comfort and economic security are great things, they shouldn’t cost time to live …
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt took action …
The federal government just gave the fossil fuel industry at least $50 million dollars of taxpayer money, which probably won’t have to be paid back. …
Senator Mitch McConnell announced a week ago that Congress wouldn’t provide any money to support state government employee pension funds. …
Across the United States, as of last week there were over 50,000 cases of COVID-19 and at least 10,000 deaths in nursing homes and other senior living facilities. …
Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of …
Count to ten. Guess what? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made $30,182 while you were counting. …
The same day it was announced that over 30 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks, Wall Street announced it had its best month since 1987. …
Report From Someone Trying to Roll Out Accurate Testing and Reporting at a Huge Public University …
The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …
In Baltimore City, Maryland, the living legacy of racial segregation, economic inequality and poverty dominate the health of the population. …
Global greenhouse gas emissions are expected to drop by nearly 8 percent this year, due to COVID-19 lock downs. This is the largest drop ever recorded …
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
Rent is a new concept in human history and one of our modern era’s biggest crimes. Let’s end rent! …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. …
How is it that being poorer means I pay more for health coverage instead of less? …
On April 13th, Highland Hospital fired a nurse for wearing a trash bag as a gown. …
Sanders was right to say we need a movement, but channeling it into the Democratic Party is a dead end. …
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been many exceptions to the labor laws that have resulted in deteriorating working conditions for many. …
In the midst of widespread panic, fear and economic instability, most of the world’s rich and powerful have been forced to flee to their multi-million dollar mansions and vacation homes. …
The United Nations food agency estimates that over seven million people, mostly young children, die of hunger every year. That’s in normal times without a pandemic! …
On April 23, during a White House briefing, the acting undersecretary for science and technology at the DHS reported on data …
On March 25, the EPA announced it is rolling back environmental protections in response to the coronavirus. …
News reports confirm that Jeff Bezos, already far and away the world’s richest man, increased his wealth by $25 BILLION in only six weeks! How did he do this? …
Perhaps the pandemic can bring about new ways of training and educating healthcare workers. …
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