NY GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL RENEW SUSPENSION OF MEDICAL AND STUDENT DEBT
Attorney General James: “We are renewing the suspension of state student and medical debt collection referred to my office for a second time to help ease the burden…
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NY GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NEW FINDINGS ON CHILDREN AND COVID-19
Cuomo: "When we first started with this virus, we were told children are not affected, which was a great sigh of relief. But now we're finding out that…
COVID-19 WORSENS PLIGHT OF DISPLACED, ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES
Migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers account for nearly one in every 100 people alive today...What does this pandemic mean for them, and what does it reveal about how “us”…
COVID-19 “RACIALIZED” TO OPPRESS AND FURTHER POLICE BLACK PEOPLE SAYS VETERAN JOURNALIST
Nelson: "I frankly feel that COVID-19 has been racialized, really, and it’s now being used as a way to further oppress people of color. It’s just absolutely wrong."…
Dr. Temi Aregbesola: COVID-19 Black Victims Seen in Prince George’s County, MD, 65% Male
Dr. Temi Aregbesola. In an effort to provide a balanced representation of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it affects the non monolithic Black experience and immigrant lives, BSN…
ERIC GARNER, EARTH DAY AND THE EPA AT 50
Mabson: "To commemorate the bond between Earth Day now 50 and Eric Garner’s life, do what communities did when he died. Communities across the country came together using…
FREE PRESS ACTION RELEASES PLAN TO SAVE LOCAL JOURNALISM AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE MEDIA
The proposal...includes billions in direct and indirect subsidies to journalists, as well as increases in federal support for public-media institutions that would protect a significant number of local…
INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR: TO BEAT COVID-19 WE NEED NEW ANTIBIOTICS
Dr. Clancy: "Without antibiotics to treat secondary infections, pandemics become far more deadly. Consider the Spanish flu, which killed 50 million people worldwide and took place before antibiotics…
TRUMP’S BOTCHED COVID-19 RESPONSE AND MISMANAGEMENT FURTHER ENDANGERS AMERICANS
Dr. Tom Hastings: "I have never witnessed any US president botch anything so disastrous as Trump has botched the response to COVID-19. I didn’t know so many mistakes…
Uganda: Covid-19 And Africa’s Massive Debt Burden to China and the West
Uganda's corrupt dictator Gen. Museveni. Rewarded by the IMF. Photo: Facebook. As Africa groans under extreme debt, most of our leaders are increasing their appetite for expensive long…