While politicians and commentators in the Global North wring their hands over fellow citizens who refuse vaccination, they show little concern for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who desperately want to get the vaccine but cannot do so.
Ready for a Fresh Start: NY Laundry Workers are Fighting to Clean Up the Industry
Immigrant workers and their allies are cleaning up an industry rife with wage theft and abusive working conditions.
Op-Ed: Rikers Island, a Longstanding Emergency That We Can End
The limelight is once again shining on the inhumane conditions at the notorious city jail. Two abolitionists explain how to shut down operations on the island without expanding NYC’s carceral system.
“The pandemic has re-doubled my commitment to my people,” a Havana doctor says amid shortages, protests.
De Blasio Cha-Cha Slides in Flatbush to Promote ‘Summer Rising’ Amid Teacher’s Union Concerns
On July 6, Mayor Bill de Blasio saw how low he and a group of elementary school kids could…
Put a Woman in Charge: New President Changes Tanzania’s Covid Approach
After Tanzania’s Covid-denialist president drops dead, “Mama Samia” takes the helm and turns to science to guide pandemic response.
Dear Billy,I’m fully vaxxed. I’m in my mid-40s and in good health but going back out into the world…
Since Dec. 14, 2020, over 127 million people across the United States have received at least one dose of…
The Walgreens nurse jabbed me with the needle and it felt like a key opening a jail cell. After…
It’s Good NYC Made Standardized Testing ‘Opt In’ This Year. Now, Let’s Cancel the Tests.
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