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PW Podcast: Rev. Liz Theoharis talks voter suppression and poverty

December 11, 2020 By Chauncey K. Robinson And Matt Bernico

As the tumultuous year of 2020 comes to an end it is clear that many battles lay ahead for working people.

López Obrador dice en G20 que atenderse salud sin afán de lucro y ayudar a pobres

November 22, 2020 By Xinhua News Agency

"La salud es un derecho humano fundamental que el Estado tiene que garantizar, haciendo a un lado el afán de lucro. La atención médica, las vacunas y las medicinas deben ser gratuitas y de aplicación universal,...

Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with COVID-19 to create ‘syndemic’

October 14, 2020 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

For the world's poorest billion people today, non-communicable diseases account for more than one-third of their disease burden. COVID-19 is another layer added to it.

Experts question right-wing government’s low COVID-19 death toll claims in India

September 17, 2020 By Aniruddha Ghosal And Sheikh Saaliq

When Narayan Mitra died on July 16, a day after being admitted to the hospital for fever and breathing difficulties, his name never appeared on any of the official lists put out daily of those killed...

Barber: Rising poverty endangers the whole country

September 3, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

“You cannot have domestic tranquility…when nearly 50 percent of the country is poor and low wage.”