Tag: Covid-19 pandemic
Hope on the cliff’s edge in Brazil
The country’s president has reacted to the ongoing tragedy not with compassion but with exaggerated toughness.
Democratic legislators introduce COVID Whistleblower Protection Act
The bill seeks to institute stronger legal whistleblower protections for employees who work for entities that receive COVID-19 relief funds
Critics smell ‘economic sabotage’ as McConnell unveils COVID plan with $0...
"As the Covid crisis only grows more deadly, this disgraceful proposal puts the lives of everyday Americans at even greater risk."
‘Housing is healthcare’: Evictions have exacerbated Covid-19 pandemic, research shows
“This is a time where it’s not an overstatement to say that for many people, eviction can lead to death.”
Supreme Court blocks New York’s restrictions on religion amid COVID-19
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that "even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten."
A people’s vaccine? Drugmakers set to profit from COVID vaccines made...
“The investment in these vaccines, as for most drugs, has really been underwritten by the taxpayer, by the government.”
What happens when leaders won’t shut disease-spreading businesses and make mask...
Natural selection at work...
‘It’s even worse on video’: Trump adviser welcomes killing loved ones...
“Eat, drink, and be merry, because tomorrow my policies may kill you.”
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Trump administration threatens media licenses and treason charges over Iran war coverage
Critics warn FCC pressure on broadcasters and presidential threats of treason charges represent a dangerous escalation against press freedom during an active military conflict.
Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America – if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.
Neocon nightmare: Americans flee Iraq as US embassy is hit and oil ports are...
Now that the US is again involved in a major war in the region, Iraq tilts to Washington’s enemy, Iran.
Million-dollar earners stop paying into Social Security for 2026
Recent polling indicates significant public support for reform, with approximately 71 percent of voters favoring a tax increase on wealthy Americans to guarantee the program's solvency.
For once in our lives
Are we right again?