COVID-19

Danbury federal prison overrun by COVID-19 infections

With COVID-19 infections spiking in the outside general population, it is no wonder that it is running rampant in the…

January 18, 2022

OSHA, SCOTUS and COVID-19

Each week new evidence emerges that U.S. capitalist institutions mismanage society and sabotage any actions that might aid the working…

January 17, 2022

In France, massive education strike demands better COVID-19 response

In France, a Jan. 13 massive strike protested ineffective government COVID-19 plans for schools. The countrywide strike was organized by…

January 17, 2022

Starbucks workers walk out, demand safer conditions during COVID

Buffalo, New York Starbucks workers at the Elmwood Avenue location in Buffalo, New York, the first corporate-owned Starbucks in the…

January 7, 2022

We need prison abolition, not reform

Nearly 2.3 million people, who are incarcerated every day in prisons, jails and detention centers in the United States, face…

January 6, 2022

Unvaccinated staff spread COVID-19 in California prisons

Oakland, California California state prisoners are experiencing a dangerous surge of COVID-19 infections, fueled by the omicron variant and the…

January 5, 2022

Airline CEOs dictate COVID-19 policy

On Dec. 27, the United States reported a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases, with 441,278 infections. On the same…

January 4, 2022

Wildfire surge of omicron confirms: Health care for profit more deadly than coronavirus

The ominous toll of 800,000 deaths from COVID-19, reached in the U.S. Dec. 14, confirms that health care for profit…

December 24, 2021

COVID-19 death of student propels teachers’ walkout

Philadelphia The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a school mask mandate imposed by the Commonwealth at the beginning of the…

December 21, 2021

In a Pennsylvania prison, a COVID-19 related death 

A 52-year-old man, Melvin James Anderson IV, died while incarcerated in the Chester County Correctional Complex and Youth Center in…

December 20, 2021