COVID-19

Nicaragua’s humane response to COVID-19 crisis

When Nicaragua identified its first COVID-19 case on March 18, 2020, President Daniel Ortega understood that shutting down the economy…

November 28, 2022

Por qué ‘aprender a vivir’ con las muertes por COVID?

Si escribes para el New York Times, espera que te asignen artículos condenando a China por causar a su pueblo…

September 23, 2022

Why ‘learn to live’ with COVID deaths?

If you write for the New York Times, expect to be assigned articles condemning China for causing its people enormous…

September 15, 2022

Global South countries strive for vaccine independence

A radical cooperative of 15 countries in the Global South is trying to create the next generation of messenger RNA…

September 12, 2022

Kent educators’ strike opens school year

Seattle Over 1,700 educators went on strike in working-class Kent, Washington, near Seattle, to open the school year. On Aug.…

August 29, 2022

As COVID-19 variant hits, Cuba leads in health and vaccination rates

As the most dangerous COVID-19 variant hits with full force, almost all precautions and mandates in the U.S. have ended…

July 20, 2022

Two years after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak and not one lesson learned

By Steve Brooks This article previously ran as an op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee. For six and a half…

June 13, 2022

<span class="streamer">Demanding China’s exclusion</span><br /> U.S. blocks world access to vaccines

Just how far is the U.S. government determined to go in the protection of corporate profits? For the past two…

May 31, 2022

COVID-19, global warming, war can starve the world’s poorest

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, two-thirds of the families in the 70 poorest countries, the ones that the…

May 19, 2022

COVID-19 deaths mount while Biden funds war

The numbers are staggering.  In the two-year period from the start of the coronavirus pandemic in January 2020 through December…

May 9, 2022