‘COVID-19 creates the basis for a new standard of parole release that evaluates people for who they are today. This would prevent more death and suffering from this virus and…
When the hospitals in NYC were overrun, the death toll was out of control, folks had lost their jobs, patients had to split ventilators due to a shortage, and he’d…
The mayor’s proposed cuts are ‘devastating and a further disadvantage for schools that were struggling before a pandemic. Combined with the concentrated impact of the virus on low-income families, it’s…
Inequities have an everyday impact, in the form of obesity, hypertension, asthma and other chronic conditions. But the inequalities come into sharp relief during a crisis.
‘To make sure that this period of physical distancing becomes an opportunity for social solidarity, teachers and other unionists should speak out against anti-Asian racism with their students and co-workers.…
New York has closed dozens of hospitals in the last few decades, the result of larger healthcare trends, policy shifts and cost-cutting efforts. But that downsizing has been “called into…
‘We are high risk and underserved people ourselves. We don’t want to spread the virus and infect our clients,’ one home attendant told World Journal. ‘But if we stop working,…
