Tag: pandemics
The U.S. Has always exploited immigrants during pandemics
As our country continues to grapple with the coronavirus, we must ensure that the health of everyone, including migrants, is prioritized and protected.
Great mask furor: Monkey trials redux. Faith alone vs. science and...
How much disease and death is enough to force this nation to learn from failure, reject T.V. magic shows and return to sane science?
How climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious disease
A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said.
Two other pandemics: The lemming and apathy viruses
Viruses like this Corona Virus can kill. Yet, in the world of politics there have been, for a long time now, those two other ones: The Lemming Virus and the Apathy virus. They only kill what is left of our Republican Democracy... which is not much at all!
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New analysis shows Big Oil’s continued and future price gouging
Oil prices dipped below $80 a barrel for the first time since January 2022, but consumers are paying 13 percent higher than the last time oil was this low.
Wax worm saliva can degrade stubborn plastic within hours, scientists find
Wax worms (Galleria mellonella) could both digest and biodegrade plastic, causing visible damage to a PE-plastic bag in just 40 minutes.
Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will
Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Despite calls for diplomacy to end war, US confirms more weapons headed to Ukraine
"The chances of a nuclear war increase significantly every day that passes."
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad on Ukraine, why US must negotiate with Russia &...
When it comes to continuing the war rather than negotiating a peace settlement, “the United States and Britain are pretty isolated on this.”