People working for Amazon have faced great health and safety risks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but their ability to speak out and bargain collectively is under pressure from the...
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Priscilla Boyle’s birthday was an unusual event this year. In addition to turning 106 on Sunday, the centenarian also had to beat COVID-19 this summer.
The...
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that...
PeaceVoice author Andrew Moss says average working-class Americans are not being utilized to fight the scourge of COVID-19.
In this bleak season of Covid-19, with vaccines on the way but...
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that...
Lawyer and author Kenneth McCallion writes in the following commentary about the need to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.
Much of the blame for the U.S.’s 225K+ COVID-19 death toll can...
The artist, Amanie Illfated. Photo: Miriam Moussa
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A Story of Survival and Healing...
I’m about to turn 31 years old. My birthday is...
Glam Con Events, in partnership with the Pink Peppermint Project, will host a virtual event Saturday, October 10 to honor, celebrate, and encourage African-American women who are breast cancer...
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on Americans' mental health.
One in three Americans suffers from severe anxiety, and one in four battles depression, according to recent Census Bureau data. Texts...
The challenging goal of elder economic security – having enough income to live independently and afford a no-frills budget in later life -- is dramatically more difficult for older adults of color...
Some Americans are starting to understand that American racism is a serious health problem--especially to the families of Black Americans, like Jacob Blake.
Today, Representative Barbara...
Dr. Tung Nguyen, Dr. Nirav Shah, and Dr. Ashish Jha, recently discussed why the U.S. isn't doing well in managing COVID-19 at an event organized by the Ethnic Media Services.
The U.S.,...
Black newborns are more likely to survive during childbirth when cared for by Black doctors, according to a new study.
In the United States, Black babies die at three times the rate of...
Peter Navarro, one of President Trump's trade advisors, recently slammed pharmaceutical lobbyists for opposing his "Buy American" executive order.
In his view, these "well-heeled Swamp...
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), represents more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide...
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