Covid-19

China commits to international solidarity in vaccines
On Oct. 9, China announced that it has joined about 160 other countries in a pact to ensure that COVID-19 ...

Baltimore teachers demand ‘masks, tests and plexiglass!’
On Sept. 30, the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) held a protest and die-in in front of the Baltimore City Public ...

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Protest hits unsafe reopening of public schools
On Sept. 21, the first group of students — special education students and pre-kindergarten children — attended in-person classes in ...

Brooklyn march: Stop unsafe school reopening plan!
Brooklyn, N.Y. — A protest led by Black and Brown teachers and students drew hundreds of people to Grand Army ...

Rushed school reopenings endanger students, workers
Despite the soaring rate of new coronavirus infections in the United States, a high percentage of students in grades K-12 ...

Operation Warp Speed – Trump’s $10 billion injection won’t stop falling profits (or COVID-19)
Donald Trump resumed daily White House briefings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on July 20. He had pouted and quit that ...

Rogue nation by Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 8 — Several days ago, the European Union announced that Americans were not welcome to visit any of the ...

Millions face eviction while banks grab billions
Alvin Kinnard was jailed for nearly 36 years in Alabama for allegedly stealing $50.75 from a bakery. His real crime ...

Herd immunity usually occurs only after staggering numbers of people have died
There have now been over 100,000 lives lost in the U.S. from COVID-19, and nearly half the country is still ...