Business & Economy

Pfizer Earns Record-Breaking $100 Billion in Revenue

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Feb 1, 2023 Pfizer's record-Shattering $100 Billion in revenue denounced as 'sickening' by civil society groups. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

DEIB

The Uncounted

Betsy Ladyzhets, Rachel Monahan and Shaena Montanari / Texas Observer Dec 30, 2022 People of color are dying at much higher rates than covid data suggests. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Opinion

Fixing the Broken American Healthcare System is Not Actually Hard

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Dec 30, 2022 If only the health care system received the same treatment that military spending gets from politicians and the public. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

The Politicized Virus

Michael Balter / Truthdig Dec 29, 2022 The truth about the origins of the COVID-19 virus should never have been a partisan issue — but can the political damage of the early pandemic be undone? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Why America Can’t Respond to the Current Crisis

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 17, 2020 We need a new system geared toward protecting public health – and not just when it's most urgently needed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Black Plague, Spanish Flu, Smallpox: All Hold Lessons for Coronavirus

Truthdig Editors Mar 16, 2020 What the history of pandemics teach us about the current outbreak. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today’s Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 15, 2020 There is an exact analogy between Trump’s treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The FDA Is Forcing the CDC to Waste Time Double Testing Some Coronavirus Cases

By Lydia DePillis and Caroline Chen Mar 13, 2020 The FDA’s strict guidance on test confirmations is one of several obstacles that has slowed the federal government’s response to COVID-19. The FDA could change its rules to speed things up, but hasn’t. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Should I Quarantine Because of Coronavirus? It Depends on Who You Ask.

By Maya Miller, Caroline Chen and Joshua Kaplan Mar 12, 2020 Agencies, local authorities and national governments do not agree on who should be quarantined or what that should actually look like. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

American Families Deserve a Coronavirus Bailout, Not Industries

Truthdig Mar 12, 2020 Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis show that taxpayer-funded blank checks to institutions do nothing to help those struggling Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China Shuts Down Mount Everest Climbing Routes

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 A roundup of the latest news on the world's coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Rudy Gobert’s Health Scare Shuts Down NBA, for Now

TIM REYNOLDS / The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 The Utah Jazz center becomes the first player in the league to test positive for COVID-19, upending season. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )