While the Poor Get Sick, Bill Gates Just Gets Richer While the Poor Get Sick, Bill Gates Just Gets Richer
The billionaire’s pandemic investments, like much of his work, remain a secret.
Oct 5, 2020 / Tim Schwab
Trump’s October Surprise: A Vaccine for Covid-19? Trump’s October Surprise: A Vaccine for Covid-19?
What do we have to lose by rushing a vaccine into production? A longer pandemic, a colossal waste of money—and the risk of undermining public confidence in all vaccines.
Jul 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves
The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Belong to the People The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Belong to the People
The US government has the authority under existing law to break patent monopolies.
Jun 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Ady Barkan and Zain Rizvi
How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine? How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine?
They told us a vaccine for AIDS might take two years to develop. That was in 1984, and we’re still waiting.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves
Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm
Trump offers nothing but bigotry, ignorance, and pathological narcissism.
Mar 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
We’re on the Verge of a Global Pandemic—but Trump Is Cutting Public Health Services We’re on the Verge of a Global Pandemic—but Trump Is Cutting Public Health Services
His administration is fighting to kill Obamacare, blocking immigrant access to government aid, and allowing states to cut Medicaid funding.
Feb 4, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Acts Like a Mafia Don—and GOP Senators Yawn Trump Acts Like a Mafia Don—and GOP Senators Yawn
Day by day, tweet by presidential tweet, the country retreats from its democratic premise, yet the grandees of the GOP decline to intervene.
Jan 28, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases The United States Is More Vulnerable Than Ever to Deadly Diseases
In a bout of bipartisan neglect, Washington has cut billions from our public-health infrastructure over the past decade.
Jan 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
ICE Is Everywhere, So Is Never Again Action ICE Is Everywhere, So Is Never Again Action
In coordinated actions this week, activists have rallied, marched, and engaged in civil disobedience as part of protests that spotlight ICE abuses.
Dec 13, 2019 / John Nichols
The Government Created This Zika Vaccine. Why Should Big Pharma Reap the Profits? The Government Created This Zika Vaccine. Why Should Big Pharma Reap the Profits?
Lawmakers are concerned that giving a drug company a monopoly on the promising vaccine could make it unaffordable.
Jun 20, 2017 / Richard Eskow