As we cruise into Labor Day, the state of permanent U.S. unemployment is dire; and with no end in sight to the pandemic, will only worsen.
Read more...A forceful critique of Covid-19 research.
Read more...Due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, charter schools added to systemic inequities that afflict black communities.
Read more...Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers footed the bill for every new drug approved from 2010 to 2019
Read more...The FDA’s eagerness to launch a Covid-19 vaccine is not a way to win public trust, particularly in light of the agency’s record of bad calls.
Read more...How far could US authorities readily go in implemeting a vaccine requirement?
Read more...The coronavirus’ effect has been to help defeat the financial sector’s enemy, governments strong enough to regulate it.
Read more...Teachers are going down to the wire with a strike threat in New York City over their assessment that planned Covid protections are inadequate.
Read more...What do we mean, “the” science?
Read more...New York City, San Francisco, Honolulu are still down over 80% from a year ago in terms of “seated diners.” Then there is the “LN-shaped” recovery in Pittsburgh.
Read more...In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.
Read more...Hunger is on the rise. Grocery store operators see weaker spending now that the $600/week unemployment supplements are gone.
Read more...Political scientist Tom Ferguson juxtaposes the factions around Biden with how Roosevelt eventually stared down banks and corporatists in the second phase of the New Deal
Read more...First demonstrations across the US, now a guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos’ house. Is this more #Resistance or a system-breaking resistance?
Read more...New data on how many lost their health insurance, which often means health care, due to Covid. And the numbers are not getting better soon.
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