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Venezuela calls for debt restructuring in response to Covid pandemic

April 5, 2021 By Ben Chacko

“We demand once again the end of the economic, financial, and commercial blockade against our people."

WHO: Europe’s vaccination plan is ‘unacceptably slow’

April 2, 2021 By Associated Press

European nations’ immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are “unacceptably slow” and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday.

Impoverished scavengers fight our trash problem, but they’re denied vaccines

April 1, 2021 By Aniruddha Ghosal

The work is dangerous, and injuries are common, so governments have an incentive to not recognize them or provide benefits like health care.

Part II, PW special: Agency probe reveals OSHA hamstrung vs. virus

April 1, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Agency meant to protect endangered workers was forced to stand down and allow the virus to kill them.

Biden wants corporations and the rich to pay for rebuilding America

March 31, 2021 By Karl Engels

Earlier, Biden promised the wealth "nothing would fundamentally change" if he won the White House. What a difference a crisis can make.