Category: COVID-19
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As Delta surges in prisons, states stop sharing statistics with the public
As we’ve covered previously on Rattling the Bars, prisons in the US have been a major source of COVID-19 infections throughout the pandemic, and experts…
From 9/11 to COVID-19: It was never about ‘shared sacrifice’
Last week, Americans marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by remembering the 3,000 lives lost on that day. As was the case…
This is why climate science deniers also spread COVID-19 disinformation
For decades, billionaires and corporations have created organizations and disinformation networks explicitly designed to wage war on the science that links carbon emissions to climate…
‘The problem in Africa is vaccine famine, not vaccine hesitancy’
On July 30, a Friday, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni partially lifted the 42-day lockdown order that had been implemented in June amid a surge of…
No funding? No problem, for Baltimore’s co-ops
TRNN’s Jaisal Noor profiles the pandemic strategy of three Baltimore businesses: Red Emma’s, Taharka Bros, and Joe Squared. These worker co-ops survived the pandemic by…
The utterly horrifying and depressingly preventable COVID crises in India and Brazil
In the video version of this week’s urgent episode of “The Marc Steiner Show,” we bring you firsthand reports of the unfolding catastrophes in India…
‘People are dying every minute’: COVID-19 catastrophes in India and Brazil
While wealthy countries like the United States are rushing to vaccinate their populations and “reopen” their societies, the rest of the world continues to suffer….
The parole system is broken
In the state of Maryland, prison inmates serving life sentences can only be granted parole by final decree from the governor. Even for elderly inmates…
After COVID-19, does higher education have a future?
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the world of higher education: forced campus reopenings have pushed many directly into harm’s way; colleges and universities have suffered…
Big Pharma slows vaccine rollout to protect corporate profits
This week, President Biden announced that, by utilizing the Defense Production Act, the federal government has created an historic agreement between drugmakers Johnson & Johnson…
Biden should force Big Pharma to share taxpayer-subsidized COVID-19 vaccines
This week, President Biden announced that, by utilizing the Defense Production Act, the federal government has created an historic agreement between drugmakers Johnson & Johnson…
‘We’re not a charity case, we’re under occupation’
Transcript Marc Steiner: Welcome to the Marc Steiner Show, here on The Real News, and I’m Marc Steiner. It’s good to have you with us….
Israel’s vaccine apartheid is killing Palestinians
From Amnesty International to Human Rights Watch, international groups have condemned the systematic COVID-19 vaccine apartheid in Israel and Palestine. The Israeli government and its…
Worker ownership can save businesses and protect employees
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous for workers and small businesses alike. As reopening plans pit employee safety against economic viability for struggling businesses, can…
‘Bring Sundiata home’: The case for freeing elderly political prisoners
Transcript Eddie Conway: Thank you for joining me for this episode of Rattling the Bars. In past episodes, we have been focusing on the well-being…
Refusing to vaccinate prisoners is both cruel and dangerous
Public health experts and advocates continue to shine a light on the horrifying statistics of COVID-19 infections within the prison-industrial complex. Those same experts, moreover,…
GOP congressman vows he won’t take coronavirus vaccine: ‘I’m an American’
The politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine escalated on Friday when a Republican congressman went on national TV to say he would not get vaccinated. The…
Watch MSNBC cover ‘Rupert Murdoch’s empire of misinformation’ at Fox News and the NY Post
The billionaire owner of Fox News and the New York Post tabloid was blasted on MSNBC as “one of the most destructive people on the…
Disgraced former GOP governor given early COVID vaccine — after Alabama’s supply was cut by 40 percent: report
Former Gov. Robert Bentley (R-AL) posted photos to Twitter on Friday that he says show him receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Bentley, who resigned from office…
‘Baffling’: Trump admin reportedly slashing vaccine allocations to states — while millions of doses sit on shelves
Officials from more than a dozen states say the Trump administration has informed them that next week’s Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine allotments to their jurisdictions are…
Stimu-less
Democrats have seemingly caved to Mitch McConnell’s grim will once again and are now leaning toward passing an abominably paltry second COVID-19 relief package. In…
‘I’m stuck’: Stimulus debacle pushes unemployed Americans to the edge
First, they lost their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic, and now many of the more than 20 million people unemployed in the United States may…
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