"I'm all for promoting vaccination, but we should all be able to agree that it's not super great for government to boast about a for-profit system that medically bankrupts people."
Giving a baby up for adoption carries its own hardships, including for the child involved, and every woman should be able to decide whether she wants to take that on.
"This announcement is an important first step in vaccinating the world and halting the pandemic," said Dr. Peter Hotez, a U.S.-based vaccine scientist.
AFSCME District Council 33 is supporting Paul Prescod for Pennsylvania's 8th Senate District because "we know he will fight for us," said union president Ernest Garrett.
"The case is not just about Shell—it is about both protecting human rights and animal rights, which are both enshrined in the constitution."
"The U.S. military is supposedly there to protect people. It does the opposite."
During the HIV/AIDS epidemic a generation ago, African countries were priced out of lifesaving drugs by pharmaceutical firms that prioritized profits over lives. If rich countries had learned the lessons of that historic injustice, the world might be celebrating the end of Covid-19, rather than bracing ourselves for another wave.
It was, indeed, a disastrous year, but we do have some reasons to cheer.
The best way to honor his memory is for leaders of industrialized countries to provide increased public health and socio-economic support to the African people to whom Desmond Tutu devoted his life and work.
"We cannot allow pandemic fatigue to lead to decisions that extend the life of the pandemic or put policies on the backs of workers."
"The U.S. is actually expanding fossil fuel infrastructure," the 18-year-old Swedish climate activist said in a new interview.
Military families have reported that they had been suffering from the effects of water contamination for months prior to November 28, 2021 when the U.S. Navy acknowledged that two water wells had been polluted from leaking 80-year-old massive jet fuel tanks.
"Her death was preventable!" said civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta.
The Missouri Democrat announced a resolution to do just that hours after a right-wing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's win.
