Monday, March 16, 2026

Tag: Covid-19 pandemic

The evidence is clear: The US public wants science-based policies for...

Any true hope in ending despair and the unchecked spread of the coronavirus must begin by following the public’s clearly documented trust in science.

Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents may not be able...

Under federal law, nursing homes have a duty to facilitate residents’ rights, including voting. But even before the pandemic, compliance was spotty.

The “great” reopening

Or setting America’s schools up to fail...

ALEC and GOP push corporate immunity from Covid-19 workplace illnesses and...

“Immunity from liability would eliminate these workers’ already limited ability to seek justice in the courts and remove a powerful incentive for businesses to maintain a safe working environment, putting our communities at increased risk of illness and death.”

The specter of a national collapse looms over America as this...

America has a terrible, horrific problem in that it can’t seem to find the ways to bring this virus under control.

The chicken or the egg?

What the Covid-19 pandemic says about the US...

Missing in action

Accountability is gone in America...

We’re staring into the face of America’s worst political crisis since...

Trump doesn’t give a damn about COVID-19. Or about the death rate. Or the millions of people who have lost their jobs or homes or health insurance.

White House document shows 18 states in coronavirus “red zone”

Unpublicized recommendations say states should return to stringent control measures.

As COVID-19 cases spike, epidemiologist warns ‘the road to an uncertain...

We speak with Dr. Ali Khan, epidemiologist and the dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about the Trump administration’s handling of the crisis and his hopes for a vaccine.

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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.

Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good

If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.