Sunday, January 12, 2025

Tag: pandemic

“This is not our first pandemic”

Native communities share heritage ways to live and care for each other during this latest pandemic.

Democrats urged to fight for bigger relief checks as lame-duck Trump...

"Trump is privately demanding $2,000 stimulus checks. McConnell is quietly fretting over Georgia. Democrats control the leverage, they should demand larger stimulus in the package being negotiated."

Pandemic lessons for the rest of us

Or vaccine thinking applied to all of American life...

Tribes mount organized responses to COVID-19, in contrast to state and...

The story of inequity is imbued with dispossession of lands and is met with organizing from the inside: two crucial points for untangling and responding to COVID-19.

Meet the volunteer organizing team helping non-union workers during the pandemic

EWOC is an experiment in running a labor organizing project through a large network of volunteers outside of formal unions or worker centers.

“It’s going to be a billionaire Thanksgiving.” Wealth of US richest...

“The increases in billionaire wealth continue to defy gravity in the real economy where millions have lost their jobs, health, and livelihoods.”

As hunger soars across nation, US trade & foreign policy is...

Hunger was already at alarming levels in the U.S. before the pandemic, and it’s only gotten worse.

Pandemic lockdowns caused ‘just a tiny blip’ in climate-polluting emissions, WMO...

The news comes as it's more critical than ever to seriously tackle rising global emissions.

Senate proposes almost $700 billion for the Pentagon while millions of...

With the current unemployment rate reaching roughly 6.8 million and nearly 8 million Americans facing eviction, the government should be focusing on its citizens and not a defense budget.

Over 130 Secret Service officers in isolation due to COVID outbreak

One government official stated that the agency is backtracing to determine whether most of the infections took place during Trump’s campaign rallies or at the White House.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

How ten holier-than-thou MAGA dictates threaten to invert Jesus’ biblical commandments

Because a Christian God rules the universe, Christians should naturally run government.

UnitedHealthcare interrupts doctor mid-surgery to question patient’s cancer care

A Texas doctor was forced to step out of the operating room after an insurance company questioned her patient’s approved cancer treatment.

Phoenix places 10th on worst zoo List, pledges to shut down elephant exhibit

Phoenix Zoo’s decision is part of a growing trend among zoos across North America with about 40 zoos closing their elephant exhibits and many more pledging to close their exhibits.

Lancet study reveals Gaza death toll likely undercounted by 41% amid relentless Israeli assault

New analysis finds the human cost of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza may be far higher than official reports indicate.