coronavirus
Unions back U.S. Postal Service’s $75B pandemic appeal, oppose right-wing privatization plans
April 13, 2020Trump's right-wing backers want to privatize the agency and rip up USPS’s collective bargaining agreements with the unions, which represent 630,000 workers.
Read moreUnder pressure, feds reverse decision to close coronavirus testing sites
April 10, 2020Under pressure from Pennsylvania lawmakers and a report on National Public Radio, the GOP Trump government’s Health and Human Services Department abruptly reversed a ruling to cut off dollars to some 41 community coronavirus testing sites...
Read moreCoronavirus threatens to spread ‘like wildfire’ through U.S. prisons
April 10, 2020Rights advocates say that unless the prison population is drastically reduced the contagion will get out to the general public.
Read moreCDC joins Wall Street push to weaken social distancing guidelines
April 10, 2020WASHINGTON—As if it’s not bad enough that Wall Street wants workers back on the job before it’s safe, the latest “guidance” on social distancing from the Centers for Disease Control seems to be backing them up....
Read moreCommunist Party USA demands immigrant safety and justice in current health crisis
April 10, 2020It is important to remember, says the party, that the CARES Act passed by Congress “leaves millions of immigrants without any help at all.”
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