Tag: coronavirus pandemic
The plight of refugees and migrant workers under COVID
Under the shadow of COVID-19 those living on the margins of society have been further isolated.
COVID-19 crisis highlights big meat companies’ lack of openness
Meat companies’ evasive language about what is happening to animals during the COVID-19 crisis is part of a larger pattern that suppresses open debate about the ethical costs of food production in the U.S.
How many people in the US are hospitalized with COVID-19? Who...
“The most pernicious portion of it is that at the state level and at the regional level we lost our situational awareness.”
Worries about foreign ‘hacking’ of vaccine research place corporate profits ahead...
The Times fully admits that this alleged hacking would not harm U.S. public health, but only the profits of U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
‘F-35s don’t help families pay their bills’: GOP under fire for...
"And this is the time to jam some military procurement into this year that you didn't get last year?"
‘Alarming’: Trump blocks CDC officials from testifying to education panel on...
The White House confirmed its decision to block the testimony of Redfield and other CDC officials, saying the director "has testified on the Hill at least four times over the last three months."
Fair tax solutions for cities facing COVID-19 budget crises
Local elected officials should explore options for generating new revenue in ways that help reduce the inequalities that have worsened the effects of the crisis.
Federal judge rules Trump administration must release detained children from ICE...
“They need to make the sensible choice and release the parents to care for their children.”
Scientists confirm reusable containers safe to use during coronavirus pandemic
"Based on the best available science and guidance from public health professionals, it is clear that reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene."
Debunking Trump and corporate media’s WHO/China coverup conspiracy theories
Persistent myths are allegations of Chinese manipulation of the World Health Organization (WHO), and blaming Chinese secrecy for the ack of early action on containing the coronavirus.
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A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks to us as the war on Iran continues
"We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
Why guns?
From personal power to autocracy in Donald Trump's America
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.
Iranian American scholars denounce US-Israeli attack, warn regime change efforts will backfire
Far from leading to a popular uprising against the government, as President Trump has encouraged, the U.S.-Israeli attacks have forced Iranians to worry about their immediate safety from the bombs.