health – People's World

Judge trumps Trump’s line speedup at pork plants

April 7, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

In a big victory for pork plant workers, the judge stops line speedup allowed by the Trump administration.

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.

AOC: U.S. infrastructure, climate, health crises deserve $10 trillion investment

April 1, 2021 By Jake Johnson

While President Joe Biden's roughly $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal is a welcome start, some believe the final package must be far more ambitious.

New York and New Jersey again epicenters for high COVID infection rate

March 29, 2021 By Marina Villeneuve And Mike Catalini

A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection.

U.S. military had ‘clandestine burning’ of toxic chemicals in low-income neighborhoods, study finds

March 26, 2021 By Kenny Stancil

"In defiance of common sense and environmental expertise, the Department of Defense (DOD) has enlisted poor communities across the U.S. as unwilling test subjects in its toxic experiment."