Economics

GOP says workers are lazy, don’t deserve HEROES Act unemployment help

July 22, 2020 By Tim Libretti

Are 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.

Kansas retail worker: I got COVID-19 at work; I won’t be the last

July 14, 2020 By Claire Chadwick

Essential workers aren’t being treated like our lives are essential at all.

Cleveland City Council calls for end of U.S. blockade against Cuba

July 14, 2020 By Anita Waters

Cleveland joins a dozen cities and two states which have passed such resolutions. Efforts to do the same are underway in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere.

Trump in ‘free trade’ talks with Brazilian right-wing authoritarian President Bolsonaro

July 8, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The talks may have hit a medical snag: Bolsonaro, who like Trump has actively sabotaged coronavirus response efforts, just tested positive for COVID-19.

COVID-19 death march: India’s migrant workers head home, heralding virus surge

June 26, 2020 By B. Prasant

With infection spreading and a rising death toll, they would rather go home and die among their own than starve in the far-off places where they've struggled to eke out a living.