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Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19
Addressing how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender and disability justice.
Before COVID-19, Big Pharma Was Neglecting Vaccine and Antiviral Research
Coronavirus is an opportunity to rake in public funding and turn out massive profits with few financial risks.
Agricultural Workers Have Struggled for Decades. They Need COVID-19 Relief Now.
Amid the pandemic, those essential workers who grow our food and pick it are treated as if they are disposable.
Governor Kemp Is Lubricating the Economic Machine With His Constituents’ Blood
Kemp ignored his COVID-19 task force, while Trump’s task force is laboring to ignore him. This is not good government.
Environmental and Labor Groups Team Up to Demand COVID-19 Relief
Nine days of action planned for Earth Day to May Day will highlight the intersections of climate and worker justice.
The Day Petroleum Was Less Than Worthless
We now know that oil can cease to be important without the Earth tumbling into the sun. Where do we go from here?
States Must Step Up to Help Immigrants Left Out of the COVID-19 Recovery
States have a responsibility to protect all their people by providing support where the federal government has failed.
Summer Heat Will Worsen the Pandemic for Poor Communities
Bill assistance and a moratorium on utility shutoffs will be crucial during a potentially record hot summer.
Trump’s Inaction on the COVID-19 Crisis Seems More Deliberate Each Day
Millions of Americans are making painful sacrifices every day, and Trump doesn’t seem to give a single damn.
Lifting Stay-in-Place Rules Won’t Fix Economy If Virus Still Rages, Fauci Says
The economy won't recover "unless we get the virus under control," Fauci contends.
Imagining Protest in a Quarantined World
Kelly Hayes talks with Lisa Fithian about how we can resist from a distance.