Health Care

Protest demands freedom for Mumia, suffering COVID symptoms

Political prisoner and Black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, including difficulty breathing, Feb 26. Hearing this news, his…

March 1, 2021

‘Rubin never lost a case’ – Rubin Kanowitz, 1931-2021

Some younger Workers World Party members met Rubin Kanowitz for the first time when he was a communist elder, still…

February 26, 2021

Mental health effects of COVID lockdown in prison: Interview from inside SCI Albion

This telephone interview with Demitrius Grant, imprisoned at SCI Albion near Erie, Pa., was conducted by Joe Piette for Workers…

February 26, 2021

COVID crisis drags down U.S. life expectancy

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States is now over 500,000.  According to the National Center…

February 24, 2021

COVID inside: Release prisoners! Lisa Strawn interview, part 2

The global pandemic has disproportionately impacted incarcerated people in the U.S. In California, during the early days of the pandemic,…

February 23, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine patents: Private property vs. public health

Among the many controversies surrounding vital COVID-19 vaccines, the issue of patent bans gets far less attention than how vaccines…

February 23, 2021

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