coronavirus
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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Court bounces another union try for permanent federal coronavirus protection
September 7, 2022AFL-CIO and National Nurses United raise the alarm about the issue of protection on the job.
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