Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic & "Terrified to Go to Work": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19 & More
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Juan González: My 92-Year-Old Mother's COVID-19 Experience Shows Me How Rotten Our Health System Is ([link removed])
As the United States leads the world in both reported COVID-19 cases and death toll, hospitals at other coronavirus hot spots around the country are reporting ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic ([link removed])
As the coronavirus sweeps through the United States, the country's 2.5 million farmworkers are continuing to go to work every day, often facing crowded and ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Terrified to Go to Work": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19 ([link removed])
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Who Delivers Food in the Pandemic? Gig Workers from Instacart to Uber Demand Safety & Hazard Pay Amid Pandemic ([link removed])
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New York Says Coronavirus Cases May Be Stabilizing But Hospitals Still Overwhelmed ([link removed])

50 NYC Education Employees, Including At Least 21 School Teachers, Have Died of COVID-19 ([link removed])

New Jersey Grapples with Surge in Cases as Deaths Mount in Veterans’ and Nursing Homes ([link removed])

Deceased COVID-19 Patients Were Piled into Vacant Rooms as Detroit Hospital Overwhelmed with Cases ([link removed])

Virginia Pastor Who Held Packed Services, Defying Order to “Stay at Home,” Dies of COVID-19 ([link removed])

Sailor from Coronavirus-Stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt Dies of COVID-19 ([link removed])

At Least 19 Immigrant Children Infected with COVID-19 at Chicago Facility ([link removed])

Demolition of Chicago Power Plant Releases Plumes of Dust, Stoking Fears for Health of Residents ([link removed])

Trump Declares “Ultimate Authority” After Governors Announce Plan to Work Together on Reopening States ([link removed])

Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden, Says Their Campaigns Will Work Together ([link removed])

Joe Biden and Liberal Judge Jill Karofsky Win Wisconsin Election Marred by Coronavirus Threat ([link removed])

France Extends Coronavirus Lockdown, Acknowledges Missteps in Response ([link removed])

Turkey Prepares to Release 10,000s of Prisoners ([link removed])

Calls Mount for Release of Afro-Bolivian Coca Union Leader Elena Flores ([link removed])

Kashmir Tensions on the Rise as Residents Face New Lockdown Challenges from COVID-19 ([link removed])

SCOTUS to Hear Arguments Via Teleconference for First Time ([link removed])


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COVID-19 Sacrifice Zones: Coronavirus Devastates Black Communities Historically Denied Healthcare ([link removed])


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Who Delivers Food in the Pandemic? Gig Workers from Instacart to Uber Demand Safety & Hazard Pay Amid Pandemic ([link removed])

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