coronavirus
Independent report finds myriad problems with pandemic relief, jobless aid
December 2, 2020The Government Accountability Office says lawmakers have to hold Trump's executive branch agencies’ feet to the fire.
Read moreCommunist teacher turned health minister leads pandemic fight in India
December 2, 2020Shailaja’s passion for science led her to become a physics and biology teacher. The class struggle in India drew her to the Communist Party.
Read moreOn unemployment benefits, Wall Street Journal’s ‘common sense’ is nonsense
December 1, 2020No matter how hard they search, unemployed workers can’t find jobs that don’t exist. The major problem is the lack of jobs, not workers who refuse to work because they receive unemployment checks.
Read moreCashing in on coronavirus? Georgia Sen. Perdue’s stock trades raise suspicions
November 30, 2020Perdue’s opponent, Democrat Jon Ossoff, has seized on his stock trading, branding the Republican a “crook.”
Read moreNebraska kosher meat packing plant leaves workers trayf—unclean—vs. coronavirus
November 25, 2020It’s not just the workers who are unprotected; so is the community. The virus has spread in Hastings, as it has in other meatpacking-heavy cities in the Great Plains, to other residents.
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