Health Care

How COVID-19 reveals inequalities in the U.S. economy

The Trump administration has admitted it has no plan to get COVID-19 under control. White House chief of staff Mark…

November 3, 2020

Amazon bans book exposing U.S. COVID chaos

A decision by the Amazon company to block a book focused on a scientific and cooperative approach to COVID-19 amounts…

November 2, 2020

Libraries gutted, police budget increased in Birmingham, Ala.

Occupied Muscogee Creek land — Birmingham, Ala. Protesters arrived at the Birmingham City Council meeting on Sept. 22 to challenge…

October 28, 2020

Ableism and voter suppression: struggles are intertwined

By Kristin Turgeon This is a lightly edited version of a talk given on the Oct. 22 Workers World Party…

October 28, 2020

Purdue Pharma guilty in opioid deaths

A contributing cause to the opioid epidemic -- overprescription of painkillers like OxyContin -- has been identified by both individuals…

October 26, 2020

New York Workers Assembly Against Racism

A powerful and forward-planning Workers Assembly Against Racism was held at Union Square in New York City on Oct. 18.…

October 23, 2020

Indigenous Peoples Day in the time of COVID-19

To see people still celebrating Columbus in the time of COVID immediately brings to mind the smallpox and other pandemics…

October 21, 2020

Warehouse workers organize for COVID-19 safety at Mars Wrigley

Chicago — The Warehouse Workers for Justice, Mars Workers for Justice, the Foodchain Workers Alliance and the HEAL Alliance are…

October 21, 2020

Oregon prisoners resist denial of Covid-19 protocol

Portland, Ore. On four successive days in late September, four prisoners in Oregon state prisons died of Covid-19. On Oct.…

October 19, 2020

This system is sick

The COVID-19 crisis is shedding a glaring light on the contradictions and failures of capitalism. Millions of lives are at…

October 19, 2020