Friday, May 15, 2026

Tag: Coronavirus

#Cancelrent: Tenants demand rent relief & organize strikes as unemployment surges...

Tenants around the country are calling for immediate rent cancellation. Some are planning to “rent strike.”

Taxpayers paid millions to design a low-cost ventilator for a pandemic....

As coronavirus sweeps the globe, there is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator — developed with government funds — in the U.S. stockpile.

Public health first

The richest nation in the world surely has enough resources to keep its people safe at home for as long as it takes.

The future may be female but the pandemic is patriarchal

I hope that the rest of us become attached to less polluted air and lower carbon emissions. I hope that we learn to value the lives of women.

We have met the enemy and it’s a tiny virus

Hundreds of billions of bucks for arms, nothing for hospital beds, medical tests, masks and ventilators.

With bills due April 1, more than 400,000 demand Congress freeze...

Calls for a nationwide rent moratorium have surged in recent days as the economic fallout from the coronavirus shows no sign of abating.

The coronavirus crash could be worse than the republican great depression...

If we succeed in rebooting American manufacturing through the measures used by Hamilton (and emulated by China over the past 30 years), our recovery from this crisis could mark a new dawn for the American middle class.

DOJ investigating lawmakers’ stock dumps ahead of coronavirus market crash

At least one lawmaker affected by the probe is Republican Sen. Richard Bur, who unloaded up to $1.7 million in stocks.

Having it easy in the beginning, tough in the end

How my dad predicted the decline of America...

Does recklessly killing citizens endanger Trump re-election?

The question for the next six months: Will the damage from Trump’s past, present and future crimes against humanity make him less electable?

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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk

A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.

House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation

Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.

From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism

Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.

Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile

Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.

The fuel to my revolutionary optimism

As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.