by Ben Levenson, Connie Huynh | May 20, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Featured, Health, International, Trade
Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out in the United States, there is no end in sight to the pandemic for the vast majority of people in the world. Many in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East won’t get access to COVID vaccines until 2024. This is...
by Church | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Featured, Health
Photo credit: Monroe County Sheriff / Twitter / cc In May, Citizen Action of New York, part of the People's Action national network of grassroots groups, learned of a man being held in indefinite detention because of COVID-19. We asked him if he would be willing to...
by Warren Tidwell | Jun 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Environment, Featured, Future of Work, Immigration
Photo credit: Hometown Organizing Project / cc Workers throughout Alabama are reaching out to me to sound an alarm on what they are seeing inside meatpacking plants.This piece started out as an informative piece on how and why the COVID-19 virus is spreading rapidly...
by Miles Mogulescu | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Democracy, Election, Featured
Photo credit: James Barragan / Facebook / cc The politics of the pandemic is about to get nasty and divisive. And Trump thrives on the politics of nastiness and division. Chants of “lock her up” will likely be replaced by chants of “open it up.” And unless Democrats...
by Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Featured, Financial Reform, Health
Doctor Ming Lin is the first emergency room doctor to be fired for going public with his concerns about poor hospital emergency room safety practices and shortages of medical supplies and protective gear for health workers. He won’t be the last. Like many hospitals in...
by Tom Conway | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, COVID-19, Economy, Featured, Future of Work
American Roots workers making masks for COVID-19 frontline caregivers. Photo credit: American Roots / USW / cc. Health care workers continue to put their lives on the line, caring for patients despite critical shortages of the safety gear they need to protect...
