Stop the Pandemic Profiteers
It’s time for indignant citizens today to confront a new breed of shameful greed merchants.
Health
My Parents Have Always Been Essential Workers
We all rely on people like my parents, owners of a small grocery store in Maryland. They need our support in return.
If the Rich Trust in Hydroxychloroquine, Should We?
In deeply unequal societies, figuring out who to believe will always be a challenge.
Trump: Postal Workers Don’t Deserve a Financial Lifeline
No one else can deliver essential goods to every home in America. But the president is dismissing dire warnings of an imminent USPS collapse, falsely claiming that postal financial woes are self-inflicted.
Athletes Are Supporting Stadium Workers. Why Aren’t More Owners?
The owners of sports teams make billions off low-wage stadium workers. With games suspended, those workers deserve help.
The Rap Sheets of the Big Ventilator Producers
Many ventilator manufacturers have a history of government contracting and kickback scandals. Is this contributing to the challenge of securing equipment to save lives?
No Fennel in the Sausage, No $600 for the Jobless
In plagues past and pandemic present, the wealthy exude the same contempt for those without wealth
International Solidarity in a Time of Crisis
“I think this moment global pandemic is showing us very clearly that all human life is interrelated, which means that none of us is safe until all of us are safe.”
A Pandemic is No Time for Precarious Work
There’s never an excuse to send people to work in dangerous conditions with no safety nets and benefits. It’s especially horrendous in the midst of coronavirus.