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China commits to international solidarity in vaccines

October 20, 2020 Scott Scheffer
On Oct. 9, China announced that it has joined about 160 other countries in a pact to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines and treatments will be distributed equitably around the world. The aim of the agreement […]
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Pandemic

October 20, 2020 Eusi Kwayana
The population of planet Earth is at present experiencing the opening of the fifth, sixth or seventh month of the Coronavirus pandemic, as it came to be. It is generally regarded as a historic and […]
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Baltimore teachers demand ‘masks, tests and plexiglass!’

October 4, 2020 Bayani
On Sept. 30, the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) held a protest and die-in in front of the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters in Baltimore City. Diana Desierto, BTU member and speech language pathologist, explained: “I […]
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Brooklyn, N.Y.: Protest hits unsafe reopening of public schools

September 26, 2020 Greg Butterfield
On Sept. 21, the first group of students — special education students and pre-kindergarten children — attended in-person classes in New York City public schools for the first time since school buildings closed in late […]
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Brooklyn march: Stop unsafe school reopening plan!

August 23, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Brooklyn, N.Y. — A protest led by Black and Brown teachers and students drew hundreds of people to Grand Army Plaza on Aug. 20. Their call was to “oppose unsafe opening of New York public […]
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Rushed school reopenings endanger students, workers

July 31, 2020 Ripley Butterfield
Despite the soaring rate of new coronavirus infections in the United States, a high percentage of students in grades K-12 will be returning to school in the fall. Nearly every state ordered public schools to […]
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Operation Warp Speed – Trump’s $10 billion injection won’t stop falling profits (or COVID-19)

July 27, 2020 Scott Scheffer
Donald Trump resumed daily White House briefings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on July 20. He had pouted and quit that role in late April after facing criticism and ridicule for having downplayed the pandemic, for […]
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Rogue nation by Mumia Abu-Jamal

July 18, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 8 — Several days ago, the European Union announced that Americans were not welcome to visit any of the 28 member countries of the EU. Why? Because of the explosive expansion of the coronavirus […]
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Millions face eviction while banks grab billions

July 16, 2020 Stephen Millies
Alvin Kinnard was jailed for nearly 36 years in Alabama for allegedly stealing $50.75 from a bakery. His real crime was being Black and poor. Kinnard was 22 years old when he was sentenced to […]
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Herd immunity usually occurs only after staggering numbers of people have died

June 3, 2020 Scott Scheffer
There have now been over 100,000 lives lost in the U.S. from COVID-19, and nearly half the country is still experiencing uncontrolled outbreaks.  Incarcerated populations, nursing home residents, asylum seekers trapped at the border and […]