All across the country, amid the rise in Covid patients, medical facilities have been calling on the National Guard for additional support. From hospitals to testing sites to nursing homes, this latest surge has shown, yet again, just how overburdened our medical...
On January 31, a California State Assembly bill to create a single-payer healthcare system was killed before coming to a vote. The bill, AB 1400, was introduced in 2021, and needed to pass the Assembly by the January 31 deadline to continue through the legislature....
For decades Bill Cosby has been a major cultural figure, which is why reckoning with his horrific track record of sexual assault has been difficult for many. We Need to Talk About Cosby, a new docuseries directed by W. Kamau Bell, currently streaming on Amazon Prime,...
After more than two weeks of protests by truckers and others in Ottawa, Canada (the capital city), as well as in other parts of the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national public order emergency on Feb. 14 to put an end to the protest. This allows...
On Jan. 24, a twenty-four-year-old Congolese migrant named Moise Kabagambei was killed after demanding to be paid for his overdue wages. His death awakened the fury of thousands of people in Brazil who demonstrated on Feb. 6. Moise came to Rio de Janeiro when he was...
