Across the nation, elected Republicans at every level of government display a callous disregard for the health and lives of the American people, sowing disinformation and resistance to public health efforts to contain and defeat the pandemic. [This article originally appeared on the Common Dreams news site on Nov. 5, 2021.] The Covid-19 pandemic is a
This article originally appeared on the Common Dreams news site on Oct. 22, 2020. As the national election approaches, President Trump has made clear his threat to reject the results of an election he loses. Such an eventuality will pose the need for the American people to rally in their millions to remove this malignant
In the United States, 2020 has proved to be the year everything changed except what most needs to change. Despite massive protests for months, police continue to shoot and kill Black citizens and brutalize peaceful ant-racist protesters. They do so as armed, far-right vigilantes emerge from whatever aggrieved netherworld they occupy to menace Black Lives Matter
The year 2020 is proving to be the year of global disease, economic collapse, and mass rebellion against police brutality in the United States. Sparked by the police murder of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis, the status quo in the United States is collapsing, shaken by a largely youth-led anti-racist protest movement of
The United States leads the world in Covid-19 morbidity and mortality. It’s also among the global frontrunners for organized political idiocy, as President Trump’s deadly incompetence in managing the crisis has left many Americans in despair, their hopes for the future uncertain if not on life support. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports 1,504,830 total cases
MARK HARRIS 