Tag: COVID-19
Supreme Court blocks Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine rule for businesses
The Supreme Court ruled that under the law that created OSHA it "empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures."
2.5 million nurses demand UN probe into ‘COVID-19 criminals’ blocking patent...
"Continued opposition to the TRIPS waiver is resulting in the violation of human rights of peoples across the world."
COVID-19 killed more Americans in 2021 than 2020, and the Republican...
Many Republican governors have forbidden mask mandates and have fought vaccination mandates (routine for other deadly diseases such as polio) in the courts.
7 ways schools can prioritize health and safety this winter
This winter, you can find the perfect illness prevention strategy for your campus by talking to your staff and developing a feasible plan.
Proud Boys & far-right groups tied to Jan. 6 attack reporters...
At least one person was stabbed and two journalists were attacked while covering an anti-vaccine, anti-mask demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, August 14.
The delta variant of global stupidity
Why is the far right jumping on the anti-vaccination bandwagon?
Trump trash-talk lying backfires, replaying his disgraces while confirming our need...
You can’t lie your way out of a contagion, nor substitute bad faith for vaccine cures.
US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates—but blaming...
Homogenizing peoples’ reasons for not getting vaccinated diverts attention away from social factors that research shows play a critical role in health status and outcomes.
7 lessons we need to learn from Covid-19
Maybe it’s wishful thinking to declare the pandemic over in the U.S., and presumptuous to conclude what lessons we’ve learned. So consider this a first draft
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.