What could be good about world hunger? Plenty, according to an article written by now-retired University of Hawaii professor of political science George Kent. The story first ran in 2008 and went largely unnoticed for more than a decade, even though it was, bizarrely, published on the United Nations’ website.1 It wasn’t until the article… Read More »
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky advised unvaccinated people against traveling over the upcoming Labor Day weekend as the U.S. battles back a surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations caused by the highly contagious delta variant. “Given where we are with… Read More »
Thousands of healthcare workers have waged strikes this summer to demand better staffing levels as the pandemic brought greater attention to what happens when a nurse must take care of more patients than they can reasonably handle. In New York, a report from the attorney general that found nursing homes with low staffing ratings had… Read More »
By KIM BELLARD This is probably the strangest Labor Day in decades, perhaps ever. Tens of millions of workers remain unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those who are still working are adapting to working from home. Those who are back at their workplace, or never left, are coping with an array of… Read More »
So summer 2020 probably wasn’t what you expected. Maybe you had to cancel that camping trip or backpacking journey or Airbnb booking for those places where it’s sunshine and BBQ forever. And, yeah, that definitely sucked. But the good news is that summer sets the same way it always has: with massive Labor Day weekend… Read More »