coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic sweeps California prisons, San Quentin hit hardest
July 10, 2020The pandemic has taken its heaviest toll at San Quentin State Prison, where one-third of the 4,000 men have tested positive and at least 6 have died.
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As coronavirus rages, official jobless numbers near 33 million
July 9, 2020Daily U.S. infections higher than at any point in pandemic as 2.3 million more apply for unemployment benefits.
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Peru ranks oil production over pandemic threat and Indigenous rights
July 9, 2020The capitalist Peruvian state is in shambles. It didn’t prepare to meet the pandemic and long ago cast its population adrift.
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Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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Cuba exhorta a ayuda de OIT para dejar atrás crisis por COVID-19
July 8, 2020El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, exhortó hoy a la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) a ayudar al mundo para superar la crisis causada por la pandemia de COVID-19.
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