coronavirus
GOP says workers are lazy, don’t deserve HEROES Act unemployment help
July 22, 2020Are the majority of Americans lazy and averse to work? Would they prefer not to work and to enjoy a free ride from the government? Republicans say yes.
Read moreArizona’s first-ever nurses’ union contract signed in Tucson
July 22, 2020It took 18 months of negotiations, including a one-day strike a year later, before an agreement was finally reached with the employers.
Read moreBringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol
July 22, 2020As pandemic worsens across America they lobby for protective gear and launch new push for unionizing more of their heroic colleagues.
Read morePeople of color face mass homelessness as eviction moratoriums end
July 22, 2020Black and brown Americans—the very people who are more likely to succumb to coronavirus or lose their jobs because of it—are disproportionately on the brink of also losing the four walls that public health officials have...
Read moreFlorida teachers sue state to stop unsafe school reopening plan
July 21, 2020The suit arises against a background that sees right-wing Gov. DeSantis slavishly following Trump’s demand to reopen states and schools despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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