SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeacePart of the SeriesPresident Biden is coming under mounting pressure at home and abroad to reverse a Trump-era policy and publicly support a temporary waiver on international patent rights for COVID vaccines and treatments that would allow countries around the world to manufacture lifesaving doses domestically.Big Pharma opposes the trade protections waiver, but global health advocates, congressional Democrats and leaders across the world say the waiver is...…SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeacePart of the SeriesPresident Biden is coming under mounting pressure at home and abroad to reverse a Trump-era policy and publicly support a temporary waiver on international patent rights for COVID vaccines and treatments that would allow countries around the world to manufacture lifesaving doses domestically.Big Pharma opposes the trade protections waiver, but global health advocates, congressional Democrats and leaders across the world say the waiver is...WW…

SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsState lawmakers in Pennsylvania are demanding an investigation into the public health impacts of fracking after a new study found evidence of harmful chemicals accumulating in the bodies of children and their families living near fracking wells in communities inundated by fossil fuel development.Environmental Health News, a nonprofit news organization, released last week based on a two-year study of fracking pollution in Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County...…SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsState lawmakers in Pennsylvania are demanding an investigation into the public health impacts of fracking after a new study found evidence of harmful chemicals accumulating in the bodies of children and their families living near fracking wells in communities inundated by fossil fuel development.Environmental Health News, a nonprofit news organization, released last week based on a two-year study of fracking pollution in Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County...WW…

SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsCharles Booker, a former Kentucky state representative from Louisville and an outspoken advocate for progressive policy and Black lives, announced on social media Monday that he is “strongly” considering a 2022 challenge to Republican Sen. Rand Paul.Hailing from Louisville’s west end, where violent in historically Black neighborhoods is , Booker national attention speaking to demonstrators and the media as his hometown became an epicenter for Black Lives...…SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsCharles Booker, a former Kentucky state representative from Louisville and an outspoken advocate for progressive policy and Black lives, announced on social media Monday that he is “strongly” considering a 2022 challenge to Republican Sen. Rand Paul.Hailing from Louisville’s west end, where violent in historically Black neighborhoods is , Booker national attention speaking to demonstrators and the media as his hometown became an epicenter for Black Lives...WW…

SharePolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsEconomy & LaborEconomy & LaborEconomy & LaborPresident Donald Trump said the stock market “will crash” if former Vice President Joe Biden were to replace him in the White House during the final presidential debate on Thursday night. Fact-checkers said this statement is . The stock market is not expected to dip if Biden is elected, let alone “crash,” although investors are worried about the raised by Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting.In fact, recent by independent financial experts of each candidate’s...…SharePolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsEconomy & LaborEconomy & LaborEconomy & LaborPresident Donald Trump said the stock market “will crash” if former Vice President Joe Biden were to replace him in the White House during the final presidential debate on Thursday night. Fact-checkers said this statement is . The stock market is not expected to dip if Biden is elected, let alone “crash,” although investors are worried about the raised by Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting.In fact, recent by independent financial experts of each candidate’s...WW…

ShareEconomy & LaborPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesEmily Brockman is a recently unemployed mother, but that didn’t stop her landlord from attempting to kick Brockman and her 5-month-old child out of their home in Lexington, Kentucky. Like millions of people across the United States, Brockman is struggling to pay rent and bills as talks over pandemic relief stall on Capitol Hill and stimulus checks fail to reach society’s most vulnerable. Despite a “moratorium” on evictions put in...…ShareEconomy & LaborPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesEmily Brockman is a recently unemployed mother, but that didn’t stop her landlord from attempting to kick Brockman and her 5-month-old child out of their home in Lexington, Kentucky. Like millions of people across the United States, Brockman is struggling to pay rent and bills as talks over pandemic relief stall on Capitol Hill and stimulus checks fail to reach society’s most vulnerable. Despite a “moratorium” on evictions put in...WW…

SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesAfter reaching in consumer confidence last year, thanks to public anger over rising drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation is on the rise as researchers worldwide rush to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. A new national poll finds that , with 40 percent of respondents saying they have a more positive view of private drug companies than before the outbreak.However, public health experts have warned for years that...…SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesAfter reaching in consumer confidence last year, thanks to public anger over rising drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation is on the rise as researchers worldwide rush to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. A new national poll finds that , with 40 percent of respondents saying they have a more positive view of private drug companies than before the outbreak.However, public health experts have warned for years that...WW…

SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesDespite hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars flowing to private drug companies for vaccine development, top health officials coordinating the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response indicated to Congress on Wednesday that they cannot guarantee universal access to vaccines for the highly contagious disease once they are developed.Speaking remotely over videoconference during a widely anticipated Senate health committee hearing, Sen....…SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsPart of the SeriesDespite hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars flowing to private drug companies for vaccine development, top health officials coordinating the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response indicated to Congress on Wednesday that they cannot guarantee universal access to vaccines for the highly contagious disease once they are developed.Speaking remotely over videoconference during a widely anticipated Senate health committee hearing, Sen....WW…