You would think that to fight the coronavirus, the government would pull together the best minds among relevant researchers and health care providers, decide what needs to get done, get industry to make the necessary supplies …
Childhelp, a national anonymous hotline to report child abuse, has reported a 23 percent increase in calls and a 263 percent increase in texts for March 2020 compared to March 2019. …
Amazon workers in New York at the Staten Island warehouse went on strike on Monday the 30th, demanding that Amazon shut down their shipping center to get it cleaned for Covid-19. …
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits …
Employees in New York facility say they have to ‘force company’s hand’ to act and accuse company of poor communication …
On March 23rd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report with daunting new information on the coronavirus …
European countries are paying to preserve jobs during the coronavirus crisis. Sadly for American workers, the United States is charting its own path. …
On Monday, President Trump suggested that he’d lift the current shutdown on March 31. This is against the advice of top health officials …
On the evening of March 23, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, did an interview on Fox News and declared …
For the past couple of weeks, nurses at Kaiser Hospital have been caring for patients that came from the Grand Princess cruise ship and tested positive for coronavirus. Although there was time for the hospital to prepare before the ship docked, management implemented a training scheme only after the first confirmed cases of patients with Covid-19 arrived. …
While Fox news was denying coronavirus was a problem, Fox’s owner was acting differently. …
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at the facilities …
The Trump presidency has helped create a climate of disorientation and crisis here and around the world. The Democrats promise to fix the broken system, or they just assume that people who are sickened by Trump will put their hopes in a Democratic candidate — no matter who it is. …
As the outbreak has hit America and the country has started to shut down, workers in many industries wonder: what now? …
Sanders promises his victory could solve many problems working people face. But this is a fantasy. …
How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose backs? What’s behind this so-called “recovery”? What can we expect in the near future – is the economy rushing toward a deeper crisis? …
As global warming accelerates, tens of millions of people are displaced all over the world …
Revolutionary University October 2018 The Middle East in the Era of Trump The Middle East …
There are certain years that are pivotal in history, when cataclysmic changes in consciousness take place and this paradigm shift spreads contagiously. …
Conditions in Puerto Rico continue to deteriorate after the island was leveled when Hurricane Maria …
The horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia shocked people across the country when a young neo-nazi …
People are fed up with the politicians who are running this country. Recent polls show …
The headlines have been full of discussion about the Affordable Care act known as “Obamacare”. …
by Carol Dansereau Originally published April 20, 2017 at Counterpunch.org We should all “March For …
We live in a society based on divisions. The main division, which is hardly ever …
For most of human history, daily issues of society were settled by people themselves, in …
The US has the largest prison population in the world. With five percent of the …
It is clear the U.S. and Israel have a special relationship. Every U.S. official has …
U.S. warplanes have started bombing communities in Syria and Iraq, targeting the group called ISIS, …
The U.S. government acts like the cop of the world. It claims that when it …
Last December, Ethan Couch, a white 16-year old killed four people while driving drunk. He …
Immigrants from Latin America come to the U.S looking for a better life, but there …
The Obama administration presented the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a victory for health care …
We are beginning to see the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – what …
One of the most important working class holidays, May Day, originated in the U.S. in …
In 1877, a strike erupted across the U.S. which newspapers called an “insurrection” and even …
Ten years ago, in March 2003, the U.S. government launched an invasion and occupation of …
One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s …
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