Environment / Health

A Death Sentence for Meatpackers

Meatpackers are contracting COVID-19 and dying. Trump is requiring them to work — and shielding their employers from liability.

Rural residents are more likely to be older and uninsured, while 350 rural hospitals are at risk of closing. They can’t afford neglect now.

No family should have to worry about a hospital taking them to court when their loved one is connected to a ventilator.

We’re suffering from a highly contagious virus (plus, the COVID-19 pandemic).

I used to have a prescription for medical cannabis to treat migraines, but now I live in a prohibition state. It’s going to a long quarantine.

There’s an old saying in the black community: “When white people catch a cold, black people catch pneumonia.”

No one’s ridiculing religious fashion now.

We need no-excuse absentee voting now — and that’s the bare minimum.

As the devastating impact of Trump’s inaction becomes clear, Americans are discovering a hidden socialist streak.

To prevent hoarding and protect public health, we need to move towards universal care and lower-cost drugs.