coronavirus
China’s legislature maps out post-COVID recovery, resists pressure for a new Cold War
March 17, 2023The annual meeting of the National People’s Congress did a lot more than just give Xi Jinping a third term as president.
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Coronavirus pandemic over? ‘Not so fast,’ says AFL-CIO
February 1, 2023Backed up by the data and with thousands still dying every week, the nation’s largest labor federation calls for continuing measures designed to protect the American people.
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Warning: U.S. capitalism is lethal (and bad for your health)
January 12, 2023There is a lot of extra dying going on in the United States.
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Abandoning ‘zero COVID,’ China fights virus surge before Lunar New Year
January 6, 2023Hospitals in the cities are packed, while rural towns worry about holiday visitors pouring in and overwhelming unprepared health facilities.
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Press coverage of declining U.S. life expectancy evades the truth about class
September 28, 2022COVID and racism combine to drag down the number of years Americans live, but what about economic class?
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