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Impoverished scavengers fight our trash problem, but they’re denied vaccines
April 1, 2021The work is dangerous, and injuries are common, so governments have an incentive to not recognize them or provide benefits like health care.
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Democracy dies under Brazil’s neo-fascist Bolsonaro
March 31, 2021Brazil is “at the threshold of what is compatible with democracy,” the communist Governor of Maranhao state Flavio Dino has warned following a string of resignations from the army leadership.
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Dr. Norman Bethune and the Communists who fought for public healthcare in Canada
March 30, 2021Canadians see their public health system as what sets them apart from Americans, but too few know the story of the Communists who fought to win Medicare for All.
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French Farmers protest fertilizer tax
March 29, 2021Protests are part of a movement in other European countries that is particularly important to young people who want to go into farming.
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Coup or no coup, Myanmar isn’t moving into U.S. orbit
March 26, 2021No longer is Aung San Suu Kyi the unalloyed symbol of democracy and human rights.
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