coronavirus
Communist 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.
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On 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.
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Cashing 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.”
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Nebraska 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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COVID Thanksgiving: Jobs crisis brings unhappy Turkey Day for millions
November 25, 2020The latest jobless numbers reveal an unhappy Turkey Day—and it could get worse.
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