The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act

First, that our attention rarely belongs to us; it is the plaything of others. And second, that the “real world”, as it is presented to us, rarely reflects anything we might usefully be able to label as objective reality

The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing

After years of exploitation, former fruit pickers set up a co-operative near Rome selling vegetables and yoghurt. Now they are working ‘twice as hard’ to get supplies to families under lockdown

GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage

The Obama administration foresaw the problem, and contracted with a small firm that specialized in producing inexpensive, high-quality ventilators. But then capitalist logic intervened

Looking Towards the Future

If there is to be a class war in America, it is people like you who started it.  We are only responding to your mindless greed and the broken system which people like you broke and make sure stays broken

In the country’s poorest areas, there is lack of information and basic necessities, however, there is also solidarity

Tenants Demand Rent Relief & Organize Strikes as Unemployment Surges Due to COVID-19

International cooperation needs to take priority right now, and countries must stop their wars against one another and against their own populations

Calling on city and landlords to provide relief amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘The hammer is going to drop’

Spain faced the second worst infection rate in Europe, and took control of the country’s private health care companies to improve its response. What does this mean for Spain’s public health care system going forward?

A few notable cases of how the market has failed us

The case has never been clearer for a transition to Medicare for All, but its achievement clashes with the Democratic Party’s decades-long hostility to funding the social-welfare state

During the current crisis, pharmaceutical makers may have even more leeway than usual because of language industry lobbyists inserted into an $8.3 billion coronavirus spending package, passed last week, to maximize their profits from the pandemic

But the Pandemic Is Patriarchal

Our rights and democracies are under threat. But how this crisis reshapes our world depends on us

The government’s actions to try and house rough sleepers are inadequate. The acquisition of empty homes for the homeless is a viable short and long-term solution

Calls Grow for California to Give Vacant Homes to Unhoused People Amid Pandemic