Working for the MTA’s hired contractors, an immigrant workforce is exploited and harassed.
coronavirus
Unsanitized: What’s In the Last Chance for COVID Relief
The writing was on the wall for this result in March. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 15, 2020.
Unsanitized: Vaccination, Just Billions of Dollars Away From Success
A lot of positive signs, but states need money to distribute the doses. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 14, 2020.
Views They Cannot See
The Photo Requests From Solitary project, and its installation at Eastern State Penitentiary, puts a human face on prison policy.
Shut Off: Washing Hands Without Water
During a global pandemic, people in smaller communities are at greater risk of having no water at all in their homes if they can’t pay their bills.
Unsanitized: Vaccine Development Should Trigger Transformation of Monopoly Patent System
Plus, how corporate profits have soared in the pandemic. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 11, 2020.
Unsanitized: Pay People to Get the Vaccine
That should be part of a relief bill entirely focused on getting the vaccine to people as fast as possible. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 10, 2020.
Unsanitized: The Dealmakers Don’t Want to Make a Deal
First Response Maybe it was the holiday spirit. Maybe that’s what has sucked me back into the COVID relief vortex. I certainly want to believe that Congress can put a deal together to help desperate constituents in the middle of a pandemic. I want to believe that Mitch McConnell won’t let partisan politics and the […]
COVID Relief: The Republicans’ Poison Pill
Today on TAP: The Democrats face a strategic choice
TPS for All
President Biden could offer Temporary Protected Status to all immigrants who come from countries suffering from the pandemic.

