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Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide National Action Plans Needed to Counter Intolerance (New York) – Governments should take urgent steps to prevent racist and xenophobic violence and discrimination linked to the Covid-19 pandemic while prosecuting racial attacks against Asians and people of Asian descent, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 8, 2020, United Nations Secretary-General […]
Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger Laura Ungar March 18, 2021 Alexandra Sierra carried boxes of food to her kitchen counter, where her 7-year-old daughter, Rachell, stirred a pitcher of lemonade. This story also ran on USA Today and GateHouse Media. It can be republished for free. […]
COVID-19: Pharmaceutical companies and rich states put lives at risk as vaccine inequality soars Amnesty launches global campaign calling for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines Rich countries have bought up over half the world’s vaccine supply, but represent just 16 per cent of the world’s population Pharmaceutical companies refuse to share knowledge and technology The […]
Covid-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse Scores of Countries Target Media, Activists, Medics, Political Opponents At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up […]
In a Year of Zoom Memorials, Art Exhibit Makes Space for Grief Anna AlmendralaMarch 11, 2021 Tami Roncskevitz has attended two Zoom memorials for her daughter, Sarah, a 32-year-old emergency room social worker who died of covid on May 30. But she longs to gather Sarah’s friends and family together in one place so […]
College Tuition Sparked a Mental Health Crisis. Then the Hefty Hospital Bill Arrived. February 26, 2021 Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her home in […]
As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them Harris Meyer:@Meyer_HM (KHN) Fed up with a lack of federal action to lower prescription drug costs, state legislators around the country are pushing bills to penalize drugmakers for unjustified price hikes and to cap payment at much-lower Canadian levels. These bills, […]