Largely employed by meatpacking plants and farms, immigrant workers contend with hazardous conditions along with discrimination, low pay, and language barriers.
While the restaurant industry decries a “labor shortage,” back-of-house restaurant workers are demanding safeguards to prevent more loss of livelihoods and lives to the pandemic.
No time off for parents, limited access to doctors, and other obstacles could prevent kids from getting their shots when vaccines become available.
Some health officials are taking what they’ve learned from the vaccine distribution to ensure equitable access for everyone.
Inconsistent policies about mask and vaccine mandates in schools leave Black families in a bind balancing their children’s safety and education.
Some health professionals in New York are protesting the state’s vaccine mandates, leaving disadvantaged communities without care and sowing mistrust.
Many housing justice organizers think the previous pandemic eviction moratorium should be the bare minimum.
As COVID-19 resurgence and concerns persist about in-school police surveillance, parents are looking for alternatives.
Millions of working Americans will soon be left scrambling when their federal unemployment benefits end.
Front-line workers fight to keep the public and themselves safe amid the surging delta variant and dangerous right-wing rhetoric.
As Michigan sees a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the state’s largest insurance companies announce an end to free treatments.
FDA approval won’t make a difference if workers still have to choose between the vaccine and their wages.
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