
Capitalism’s Heat Wave Cooks The World
Much of the world has been facing an extreme heat wave. In the United States, …
Much of the world has been facing an extreme heat wave. In the United States, …
On June 25, the National Transportation Safety Board released their latest report on the East Palestine, OH …
On Tuesday, April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an old law from 1864 …
Heat-related deaths in the U.S. have skyrocketed due to global climate change. Outdoor workers, as …
Since the beginning of 2022, more than 82 million chickens have been culled (killed) in …
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on March 1 that it …
Cigna health insurance has an efficient system to process claims quickly and easily: they just …
Despite the fact that Covid remains the third leading cause of death, killing about 400 …
If you were going to be in a fight for your life, would you want to be armed and ready or still fashioning your weapons after the enemy has attacked? That is my answer to NBA players like Beal and others who are still unclear on the reason for vaccination. Being unvaccinated means that you are unarmed and unprepared for an attack, with luck as your only weapon. …
Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …
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! …
While visiting a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania last week, Trump announced he is planning for future pandemics. …
In the U.S. there are 470,000 dwellings with inadequate plumbing. Nearly a million homes lack complete and functioning kitchens. More than 4 million …
Government-endorsed deforestation in the Amazon rainforest threatens genocide of indigenous communities while increasing the risk of more pandemics and wildfires. …
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. …
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. …
In Baltimore City, Maryland, the living legacy of racial segregation, economic inequality and poverty dominate the health of the population. …
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. …
Over 10,000 people have died in New York City from the coronavirus. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if governments had taken the pandemic seriously …
Around the world, prisoners are stuck in overcrowded facilities where the risk of getting COVID-19 is high. …
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
To lower the number of Covid-19 cases, people are encouraged to stay inside their house. But what do you do when you don’t even have a house to stay in? …
The government has rushed in to the rescue – of banks and corporations …
Instacart, a company that lets you order groceries online and have them delivered from your favorite stores, has seen a boom in business since the coronavirus has forced people to stay home. …
Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap …
New York City is the center of the coronavirus crisis right now, and many people …
On March 23rd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report with daunting new information on the coronavirus …
Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most. …
Millennials: If you can’t stay at home for others, do it for yourselves. …
Truckers and warehouse workers at UPS and FedEx feel they have not choice but to keep showing up, even with coronavirus-like sypmtoms …
Now is the time to imagine a better world. …
Now isn’t the time to blindly follow orders from bosses. To make sure our response to coronavirus is safe and just, workers need to take on-the-job action like sick-outs and strikes — as New York City educators have over the past week. …
One positive takeaway from the world’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is that it’s entirely possible to successfully combat two other existential and intertwined global crises: climate change and air pollution. …
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