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Workers iron the fabric used for the production of personal protective equipment for COVID-19 coronavirus frontline health workers as commissioned by the government, in Accra, on April 17, 2020. (Photo: Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

by Tinashe Goroga, Dana Brown, and Siddhartha Mehta
The pandemic has blown up the myth that our personal health cannot be separated from the health of our neighbors or our planet.


The Church of Neoliberalism tells us that “There's no such thing as society.” And, whatever your beef with neoliberalism, “There is no alternative.”

by Tim Koechlin
'Neoliberalism is a relentless and shameless assault on the commons: the planet, public health, community, public spaces, rich conversation, trust, love, history, clean air and clean water. '


Christina Pagan, 7, does her school work at the Mulberry Street location of the Olivet Boys and Girls Club in Reading, Pennsylvania on January 19, 2021. The Reading School District went to all-virtual education as a precaution, so the club provided space for students to do their remote learning. (Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Kids need to be in school... but we are concerned this change has been driven by a lack of physical space rather than the hard science."


Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, speaks during a press conference on March 10, 2021 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo: Cris Faga/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The former Brazilian president suggested that the U.S. vaccine surplus "could be donated to Brazil, or other countries even poorer than Brazil that cannot afford to buy the vaccine."


President Joe Biden delivers a primetime address to the nation from the East Room of the White House March 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"That's what it was supposed to be."


"Our work is cut out for us," says PNHP president and Medicare for All backer Dr. Adam Gaffney. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"A system that prioritizes profits over patients and ties coverage to employment was no match for a global pandemic and will never meet the needs of our people."


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Washington on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell is clearly getting desperate as momentum grows to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon he can use to maintain power from the minority."


Numerous progressive groups expressed support for a March 16, 2021 letter from 50 House Democrats calling on President Joe Biden to seek a reduction of the $740 billion Pentagon budget. (Image: Win Without War)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The U.S.' budget priorities are dangerously out of whack," said Win Without War. "It's time to put them back in order."


Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on November 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's time to change the Senate rules and stop holding this Senate hostage."


Registered Nurses conduct a demonstration in Lafayette Park to read aloud names of health care providers who have contracted COVID-19 and died as a result of treating infected patients on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can't be under the current for-profit system."

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