Health Care

Heat waves’ uncounted death toll on workers

In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal.  July 4, 2023,…

July 25, 2023

COVID-19: An ongoing threat to health care workers

Health care workers around the world continue to fight for basic health protections amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last week,…

July 25, 2023

“They’re killing us in here!”

Houston Tona Southards Naranjo told a stunned crowd at a press conference  July 18 in Austin at the Texas state…

July 24, 2023

Don’t fall for the traps in the humongous military budget

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a record-breaking military budget of $886 billion for the coming fiscal year. The…

July 21, 2023

Struggle for reproductive justice advances in Ohio

Cleveland Ohio is one of many states whose legislatures rammed through harsh legislation denying abortion access after the Supreme Court…

July 20, 2023

Philadelphia: Drug crisis in Kensington calls for reparations

Philadelphia From around the East Coast, a flock of drug users gather in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. From as…

July 10, 2023

For-profit health care and the mental health crisis

As current living conditions get tougher for people, driving them into depression and despair, health-care CEOs are licking their chops…

July 7, 2023

Activists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascists

On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which led to the imposition of anti-abortion laws and emboldened the right…

July 7, 2023

Profiteering from drug addiction: a crime

In the United States, almost every aspect of the medical field is controlled by capitalist interests. This is true for…

July 4, 2023

PDX maintenance workers “Sit Down! Fight Back!”

Portland, Oregon  “We won’t stand for it!”  Portland Airport (PDX) wheelchair attendants, baggage and service workers, cabin cleaners and janitors…

July 1, 2023