Health Care

Colonialism intensifies pandemic school crisis for Puerto Ricans

This slightly edited talk was given at the Aug. 6 Workers World Party webinar, “War on the Working Class: the…

August 17, 2020

At North Carolina colleges, ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’

Chapel Hill, N.C. At 2:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 — as the first week of in-person classes at the…

August 17, 2020

On the picket line

Solidarity with Philadelphia sanitation workers  Even though trash has been piling up on Philadelphia streets during this steamy summer, there’s…

August 14, 2020

A voice from New Orleans schools: ‘Are we gonna be alive?’

By Big E New Orleans This slightly edited talk was given at the Aug. 6 Workers World Party webinar, “War…

August 13, 2020

Testing and medical insurance: a profitable disaster

In the midst of a capitalist crash and an out-of-control health crisis, two mega-industries that bear a heavy burden of…

August 13, 2020

Fed-up women health workers lead strike of 3.5 million across India

Workers around the world are demonstrating against their governments’ policies in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. From South America to…

August 13, 2020

Why Cuba is winning the fight against COVID-19

This article is a lightly edited version of a talk given Aug. 6 during the Workers World webinar entitled, “War…

August 13, 2020

Political strike shuts down Bolivia

Ibarra, Ecuador Do Bolivian lives matter? The Bolivian masses are experiencing a perfect storm of social, health and economic crises.…

August 11, 2020

Student-athletes organize for health, Black Lives Matter, labor rights

Since March 12, the coronavirus has impacted every sector of U.S. society, not only health but also social life.  With…

August 10, 2020

Historic win for labor: California child care workers unionize

In a stunning victory for the U.S. labor movement, childcare workers in California voted nearly unanimously to unionize. The successful…

August 10, 2020