Cyclone Amphan, the first super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in over 20 years, devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. Cyclones are hurricanes by another name on the other side of the world. This one was huge. Millions of people had to evacuate. And this...
In the U.S. there are 470,000 dwellings with inadequate plumbing. Nearly a million homes lack complete and functioning kitchens. More than 4 million homes are overcrowded with multiple people living in the same room. In fact, these conditions are found across all...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. Reported cases and deaths in Africa are accelerating. And, because of the centuries-long racist pillaging of Africa by European and U.S....
The news media and many politicians have acted shocked that African American people are getting COVID-19 and dying from it at much higher rates than white people. As the numbers keep coming out, it has become impossible even for racist-in-chief, Trump, to ignore. He...
The worst criminals in our society are the super rich. Bankers and CEOs cause horrible pain and suffering to millions of people around the world, but they are rarely punished for their crimes against humanity. Poor and working people, however, are incarcerated at ever...
