coronavirus
Despite U.S. blockade, Cuba’s comprehensive health system looks after every citizen
April 9, 2020The system may not always have expensive equipment at the neighborhood level, but every patient gets the care needed.
Read moreCongressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans
April 9, 2020“Blacks are nickeled and dimed” for both health services and access to other aid, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Read moreSenate Dems propose big pay hike for frontline anti-pandemic workers
April 8, 2020Senate Democrats’ plans for the next big economic stimulus bill include a big pay hike for frontline workers.
Read moreBlack Wisconsin voters: Right-wing court order to hold election was voter suppression
April 8, 2020“We had to be willing to die to get our vote, and the same thing is happening right now,” said one 33-year-old voter in Milwaukee.
Read moreSanders drops out of Democratic race, says movement “won the ideological struggle”
April 8, 2020Acknowledging Biden will be the nominee, Sanders declared, “We will go forward together to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern history."
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