Mask bans are spreading across the country, threatening public health and trampling on our Constitutional rights.

We’ve asked the ACLU to take this on. You can too.

Call your reps and tell them: We have a right to protect our health. We have a right to gather in public.

Long Covid is costing economies billions.

#LongCovid is expected to cost the U.S. economy $ 152 billion in 2024 alone.

GDP losses for several countries are detailed below.

Data from this report by The Economist

impact.economist.com/perspectives/h…

Celebrate Mother’s Day by supporting people’s right to choose whether or not to be mothers.

Remembering #ShireenAbuAkleh on the second anniversary of her assassination by #IsraeliTerrorism they wouldn't allow her to be buried without attacking her funeral. FAIR: In the Wake of Abu Akleh's Murder, Media Continued to Obscure Israeli Violence - bit.ly/3UWRaWD

'Parents with disabilities are resilient, but many don’t have resources and support. The fear of being reported or having their disabilities weaponized keeps many isolated. That’s why we desperately need systemic changes to support parents w/ disabilities' huffpost.com/entry/mom-disa…

“The Demographics and Geography of Remote Workers in the US” by Hayley Brown for CEPR is one of the curated items on this #PowerAtWork Weekly Download — subscribe to have it sent to your inbox weekly: poweratwork.us/theweeklydownl…

NEW Businessweek feature investigation: Corporate America Never Really Quit Forced Labor.

Inmates do billions of dollars of work, touching almost every corner of US life. A trafficking lawsuit claims many are kept in prison because the business is just too good:

bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Great thread on new organizing from Eric Blanc based on research from his forthcoming book!

The US Gov should incentivize farmers to test their livestock, environment and people working in proximity

Without *major* incentives - especially financial so farmers don't fear for their livelihood if H5N1 is detected, we have no chance of success

time.com/6976402/bird-f…

Let's leave aside the question of Sam Bankman-Fried's alleged ponzi scheme. A model of politics that relies on benevolent billionaires to fund needed social change is bad. It's a bad way to do politics. It's bad for society. It doesn't work. People who rely on it need to change

For the first few months of the Mercedes drive, there were zero union staff on the ground in Tuscaloosa. And even now the drive remains very light staffed.

Giving workers a decisive strategic say over organizing is the only way for labor to win by the millions

Last week, the requirement for US hospitals to report key COVID data to the federal government ended.

But there's a proposed HHS/CMS rule that would change this, and require hospitals to report key COVID, flu, and RSV hospitalization data *outside* of public health emergencies.

Now that the world realizes many respiratory viruses are airborne and can be inhaled...what next? My view is the biggest quick impact is to ramp up filtration in all schools (including pre-school) and measure the massive impact it has on reducing the spread of disease. Why not?

BREAKING: Belgian TV channel interrupts Eurovision to address Israel’s genocide:

“This is a union action. We condemn the human rights violations committed by Israel. Additionally, Israel is destroying press freedom. That is why we are pausing the broadcast for a moment.”

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Happy John Brown Day to all who celebrate 🖤

This is great, though I’d note that the poverty component is a policy choice. People disabled by these diseases end up trapped “in a cycle of poverty and destitution” because we don’t ensure that they receive the care and social support they need.

COVID has disproportionately affected disabled, clinically vulnerable, deprived & black/brown/indigenous communities. To say that that airborne precautions worsen inequity is BS. Rather, these protect *everyone*. If you care about equity, set air Q standards, provide respirators.

who the hell writes like this?
'aid that has managed to enter Gaza' and 'no aid or fuel has made it through.' What happened to active voice. Israel is not allowing aid through: full stop. Can't you say this in the NYT?

nytimes.com/interactive/20…