The suit by workers at Maid-Rite Speciality Foods in Pennsylvania employs a rarely used legal tool and is the latest in a growing chorus of complaints about how the federal agency charged with protecting workers has responded to COVID-19.
By Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell, ProPublica
Frustrated by the lack of response to their complaint of the “imminent danger” posed by COVID-19, three …
By Amy Werbel, The Conversation
Americans overwhelmingly support a federal bailout for the cash-starved United States Postal Service. They view the USPS as a vital …
As schools prepare to reopen, experts weigh in on whether youth protects against the virus, and how readily kids can spread it to adults.
By Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic
SINCE THE BEGINNING of the coronavirus pandemic, children have been largely spared the worst health impacts of COVID-19. The
Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter demonstrators clash in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, July 12, 2020. Courtesy of Jordan Rathkopf/www.rathkopf.com
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Citing an “alarming lack of direction” in the city’s plans for reopening school buildings, a Sept. 10 start …
By BET
From putting a stop to police brutality to ensuring better health care for all, 2020 is all about showing up to the …
Georgia Congressman John Lewis speaks at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 2013 in Washington, DC, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King …
A memorial service has been held for US civil rights icon John Lewis in his hometown of Troy, Alabama.
Mourners were required to wear …
By Alison Cooke, Amy Halberstadt, Pamela Watkins Garner, The Conversation
College students who are training to become teachers are 36% more …
By Joy Pieper, The Conversation
Whether or not you agree with a mandate to wear a mask, many of us will do so during …