COVID-19

Abortion access threatened during pandemic

“These anti-choice governors have created a health crisis within a health crisis,” Julie Burkhart told the April 16 Los Angeles…

April 30, 2020

U.S. uses ‘drug’ lies to menace Venezuela

By Raymond Tyler During a time when thousands are dying every day in the United States of COVID-19 and resources…

April 27, 2020

Laos keeps coronavirus under control

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, referred to as the Lao PDR or Laos, has not recorded an increase in COVID-19…

April 27, 2020

COVID-19 and basic facts of Marxist economics

The stock market crashed in March but partly recovered after the Federal Reserve Bank lowered the interest rate for borrowing.…

April 24, 2020

Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters respond quickly to prison hoax

When a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson callously claimed that Mumia Abu-Jamal was being hospitalized with COVID-19 at 5 p.m.…

April 22, 2020

COVID-19 and the crisis of the elderly

San Antonio, Texas This Texas city rarely makes national news. But since the outbreak of COVID-19, the so-called River City…

April 22, 2020

Pandemic & capitalism are behind the rise of hunger in the U.S.

Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of milk into lagoons. Produce farmers are plowing fresh vegetables back into the…

April 22, 2020

Texas statewide protests demand: ‘Shut down ICE detention centers!’

Across the state of Texas on April 19, social distancing protests in the form of car caravans circled detention centers…

April 22, 2020

N.J. car caravan raises demand #FreeThemAll, exposes detention center conditions

Elizabeth, N.J.  Resistance continues, even in the lockdown conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite essential social distancing guidelines, social justice…

April 22, 2020

WW Commentary:
People with disabilities fight to be counted in the battle vs. COVID-19 and depression

“When the able-bodied community gets the sniffles, we get pneumonia. … The difficulties are multiplied tenfold,” said Damien Gregory, an…

April 22, 2020