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Pro-Big Business CDC Facilitates a More Swift Return to Work
The CDC now recommends looking at symptoms instead of test results to decide when employees can return to work …
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Rising Evictions Show the Priorities of This System
Millions are left vulnerable to eviction during a time when shelter is an even more important necessity …
Reports from the Frontlines
Healthcare Workers are Not Giving Up
There have recently been a number of demonstrations led by healthcare workers …
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Public Transit in Crisis
Public transit, like the rest of our society is in an extraordinary crisis …
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Videos of Townhall: COVID-19: A Natural Event But a Human Made Catastrophe, with Epidemiologist Rob Wallace
While viruses do occur naturally, there is very little that is natural about the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Reports from the Frontlines
Highland Workers Walk Out
Workers at Highland Hospital are walking out for the safety of their patients and themselves …
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Who to Blame for California’s New Lockdown?
On Monday, July 13, with coronavirus cases in California rising steeply, Governor Gavin Newsom reintroduced some restrictions on the reopening …
In Brief
COVID-19 Is Not a Hoax!
At Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, a 30-year-old man who attended a so-called “COVID party” died after being infected with the virus …
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Maquilas and Coronavirus: Mexican Workers Fight U.S. Corporations and Government for the Right to Live
The southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border is dotted with maquilas – companies contracted with U.S. corporations to run factories employing workers at poverty wages …
In Brief
Millions Deprived of Health Coverage When We Need It Most
5.4 million people lost health insurance coverage in the U.S. during the pandemic between February and May …
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Trump Administration on the Pandemic: “People Will Get Over It”
The administration is “of the belief that people will get over it or if we stop highlighting it…the public will learn to accept 50,000 to 100,000 new cases a day” …
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Brazil’s President Tests Positive for COVID
Jair Bolsonaro, has just tested positive for COVID-19. …
Editorials
U.S. Politicians are Guilty of Murder!
The U.S. is currently number one in all coronavirus statistics and far ahead of all …
In Brief
Nursing Homes Evict Non-profitable Patients
The epicenter for the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been nursing homes, where over 40% of the total number of deaths in the country have occurred. …
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Phoenix Trump Rally: Spreading Misinformation is State-Sanctioned, but Protesting Lies is Unlawful
On Tuesday, Trump held a rally in Phoenix, Arizona at the Dream City megachurch …
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COVID-19 Reality is Scary. So is Trump’s Denial.
At his political rally in Tulsa last Saturday, Trump said he wants to reduce testing for COVID-19 …
In Brief
Second Wave? No, We’re Still in the First
Due to all 50 states in the U.S. reopening after months of shelter-in-place, some are talking about a “second wave” of COVID-19 infections …
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Who Would Have Thought?
Who would have thought in January 2020 that …
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First Covid-19, and Now Hunger Too
Recent drone footage of New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas has shown long lines of people waiting to get a bit of food …
Reports from the Frontlines
Profits Over People in Primary Care
COVID-19 is not the only virus that needs to be stopped, but also for profit healthcare …
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The Price is Wrong: Vaccine for Profit
In the past several weeks, vaccine development in the U.S has gotten a lot of attention …
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Navajo Nation Tragedy: Not All Communities Suffer COVID-19 Equally
The Navajo Nation has suffered more COVID-19 cases than eight U.S. states combined …
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India: Capitalism and the Coronavirus Killing People
In late March, India implemented one of the world’s most severe lockdowns …
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California Budget Crisis: We Should Not Pay for the Crisis They Created!
As a result of the crippled economy and the costs ofresponding to the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local governments across the country face massive budget crises …
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Shelter-in-Place Crisis Hits Women Workers Hard
Everyone is affected by the pandemic, but women workers face a terrible combination of challenges. …
In Brief
Off of Our Cell Phones and Solidarity in the Streets
This was different. Something changed. People were engaged. …
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2020 is on Track to be the Hottest Year in Human History
This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …
In Brief
Online Bots Post HALF of all COVID-19 Conspiracies and Calls for Opening the Economy
Who actually supports Trump and the Republicans’ call to reopen the economy? …
In Brief
Both Democratic and Republican Politicians Protect Health Care Bosses from Lawsuits
From the start of the pandemic, bosses have demanded the government provide amnesty against lawsuits …
In Brief
Trump: Law-and-Order President for the One Percent
Trump wants to appear as the strong man, in charge amidst the chaos he helped create. …
In Brief
Business-Financed Front Groups Drive Push to Reopen Economy
The attention-grabbing protests to reopen the economy were not what they seemed to be. …
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Ford Workers Stop Assembly Line Over COVID-19
Ford workers forced their assembly line to shut down at the Dearborn, MI truck assembly plant. …
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No PPE Will Protect You From Racist Cops
The family of Breonna Taylor, the woman shot down in her home by cops, is still demanding justice …
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Going Back to Work in the Pandemic: We Could Get Sick, but What about Sick Pay?
As businesses reopen, those who still have jobs must think about how much protection there will be …
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Vaccine Production: A Fraught Rush to Market
In mid-May there was a big announcement regarding the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. …
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Online Townhall: Sat. May 30, 4pm (PDT), 7pm (EDT)
George Floyd – Executed by Minneapolis Cops!Their Whole System is Guilty! Link to videos of this …
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France: Back to School… Really?
Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …
Reports from the Frontlines
Instability on All Fronts
Anybody in the Bay Area knows that housing is a nightmare, but COVID-19 has made it a horror …
In Brief
Tech Billionaires and Politicians: “Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste!”
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 …
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Sixth Amazon Worker Dies from COVID-19
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. …
In Brief
While You Were Suffering They Were Profiting – Rich Got 10% Richer Since March!
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%. …
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Open the Churches? Apparently Trump Doesn’t Care if You Die (As Long as You Vote For Him)
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! …
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Newsom: Washing His Hands of Our Needs
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 …
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Unemployment Purgatory for the Workers, Government Handout Heaven for the Bosses
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 …
Reports from the Frontlines
The Unemployment Paradox
Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …
In Brief
Cleaners Disinfecting NYC Subway Cars – No Health Benefits!
For the last few years the NYC subway system has cut back the number of unionized cleaning crews, and it shows. …
Reports from the Frontlines
We Need Food and Shelter, But We Need the Arts, Too
Then comes COVID-19 and our delicately balanced lives as gig workers come tumbling down …
In Brief
Trump Says, “Planning for Future Pandemics,” but What About This One?
While visiting a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania last week, Trump announced he is planning for future pandemics. …
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Corporations Demand Immunity from Endangering Workers Exposed to Virus
For several weeks, Trump has been playing on the distress of millions of us who have lost our jobs to rev up support for re-opening businesses …
