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How socialism made the COVID-19 vaccines possible
The COVID-19 vaccines are a "triumph for capitalism" that relied heavily on "years of public-sector funding"
12/28/2020 08:00 UTC
Mike Davis on the global crisis: "This moment is not a tunnel with a bright light at the end"
Author and activist on Trump, the pandemic and the crisis of capitalism: "The lives of several billion are at risk"
07/09/2020 11:00 UTC
The coronavirus vaccine will not be free: Americans have already paid for it — twice
The government is paying vaccine development costs plus paying for production — with a hefty profit for the makers
10/18/2020 18:00 UTC
As Bezos wealth jumps $30 billion amid pandemic, Amazon to end $2 per hour hazard pay for workers
"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked employees"
05/15/2020 16:16 UTC
Social media companies start to tamp down COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up to block misinformation about the coronavirus
04/06/2020 08:59 UTC
GOP's Kelly Loeffler fights allegations of insider trading by claiming her critics are "socialists"
"I came to Washington to defend free enterprise, to defend capitalism and this is a socialist attack"
04/17/2020 19:30 UTC
Giuliani says he didn't know most Americans can't access his VIP coronavirus treatment regimen
Even after being hospitalized for coronavirus, Giuliani was clueless about the virus and its treatment
12/09/2020 23:41 UTC
COVID-19 exposes the weakness of capitalism
COVID-19 exposes the sham of orthodox economics
07/10/2020 08:28 UTC
CNBC's Rick Santelli suggests infecting "everybody" with coronavirus to protect the stock markets
“Maybe we’d be just better off if we gave it to everybody, and then in a month it would be over”
03/06/2020 08:00 UTC
A revolution by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic raises questions as to whether capitalism has failed
03/22/2020 12:00 UTC
Biotechnology greed is prolonging the pandemic. It’s inexcusable
In the debate over vaccine patents, a flawed logic is being used to justify putting profits above saving lives
08/13/2021 18:02 UTC
The plague of inequality in the age of pandemic: This uprising is about more than George Floyd
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and racist police brutality are part of a larger equation. More people see that now
06/20/2020 16:10 UTC
Top US companies lay off thousands of workers while rewarding shareholders amid coronavirus pandemic
Companies like Caterpillar and Levi Strauss showered cash on shareholders days after cutting thousands of employees
05/06/2020 00:04 UTC
Fox host Tucker Carlson: Trump was at "his very best” when he called COVID-19 the “Chinese virus”
Carlson, who once called white supremacy a hoax, showered Trump with praise for using the racist term
03/18/2020 23:26 UTC
Are "doomsday gardens" here to stay?
With little to do, Americans spent more on gardening during the pandemic. Was it a fad?
03/22/2022 21:23 UTC