Health Care

On the picket line

McDonald’s workers win settlement In Los Angeles, between April and August 2020, workers at a McDonald’s complained about inadequate protection…

February 22, 2021

Pensacola State College faculty demand protection 

Occupied Muscogee Creek land On Feb. 16, over 30 drivers circled the Pensacola State College-Warrington Campus buildings for half an…

February 19, 2021

COVID vaccines are big business and a political weapon

By Manuel Raposo Manuel Raposo is editor of jornalmudardevida.net in Portugal, where this article was published Feb. 14. Translation: John…

February 18, 2021

Oregon care workers dare to strike

In Springfield, Ore., essential health workers at The Rawlin at Riverbend Memory Care facility have set a Feb. 16 strike…

February 15, 2021

Philadelphians demand COVID safety

Several dozen teachers, parents and community activists protested outside Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny’s home on Feb 12. They were demanding…

February 15, 2021

Capitalists consolidate control over U.S. farmland

The amount of farmland in the United States has been in steady decline for most of the 21st century. While…

February 12, 2021

Petition to the new U.S. administration: End economic sanctions in the face of the global pandemic

Sanctions Kill is asking everyone to sign its new petition to the Biden administration and Congress. To sign, go to…

February 12, 2021

Two new books on a people’s response to COVID-19
‘Planète Malade’ and ‘Capitalism on a Ventilator’

COVID-19 is an evolving catastrophe for the world’s working class. You may think you have read all that can be…

February 11, 2021

Philadelphia teachers defy return to classroom order

Philadelphia Thousands of Philadelphia public school teachers defied an order from school Superintendent William Hite Jr. to return to their…

February 10, 2021

Reparations, health care and the pandemic

The late John Conyers — U.S. Representative from Michigan and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus — introduced bill…

February 8, 2021