Workers Blow the Whistle on Mass Death | The Search for a Covid Vaccine Is Not an Arms Race

 

8 August 2020 TOP STORIES Workers Blow the Whistle on Mass Death Private equity firms have imposed austerity measures on the hospitals they acquire. In a pandemic, that’s meant countless preventable deaths. BY MOE TKACIK The Search for a Covid Vaccine Is Not an Arms Race Treating vaccine research like a national security secret endangers us all. BY SARAH LAZARE The Democratic Platform Fight Shows It’s Still Obama’s Party Bernie Sanders supporters have pushed for progressive priorities in the platform, but the Barack Obama wing of the Democratic establishment is still in the driver’s seat. BY BRANKO MARCETIC Want Progressive U.S. Politics? Continue to Reform the Democratic Party Rules There would be far more elected officials like Jamaal Bowman and AOC, if New York complied with the new Party reforms. BY LARRY COHEN I Shouldn’t Have to Be a “Strong Black Woman” for My Life to Matter Support Black women when we are loud or quiet, when we are brave or scared, when we are fed-up or meek. BY RAMENDA CYRUS How Mitch McConnell’s Republicans Are Destroying America While a lethal pandemic and economic crisis wreak havoc on working families, McConnell and the GOP are dead set on protecting business interests and enriching the wealthy. BY ROBERT REICH Biden Promises a Return to the Obama Era. That’s Bad News for Palestinians. A campaign built on nostalgia is no comfort for those who are not at all nostalgic for the Obama administration. BY ALEX KANE WORKING IN THESE TIMES An Injury to Portland Is an Injury to All The feds retreat, but Portland still carries America’s problems. BY HAMILTON NOLAN RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES Report: More Environmentalists Were Murdered Last Year Than Ever Before 2019 was the deadliest year on record for environmental activists, according to a new report by the advocacy watchdog Global Witness. BY ASHOKA MUKPO Help In These Times Continue Publishing Despite record levels of readership, journalism is facing what has been described as an “extinction level event” due to the economic impact Covid-19. To survive this moment and to build towards a better future, we have only one option: Double down on reader support. If it is within your means, please consider making a donation to help fund our journalism during this critical time. In These Times is a nonprofit, reader-funded publication.