What would it look like to call corporate media's bluff on their sudden, serious respect for working people who didn't start being important because there's a contagious disease going around?

What would it look like to call corporate media's bluff on their sudden, serious respect for working people who didn't start being important because there's a contagious disease going around?

"The fact is, the kind of economy that's being celebrated by the 1% is, frankly, the same economy that's existed in a lot of other countries for a long time."

"We now have 28 years of experience with Reaganism. The average income of the bottom 90% of Americans is today what it was back in 1980, when you adjust for inflation, and the incomes of the top tenth of 1% and above have gone through the roof. It doesn't work."

Strikes going on around the country right now are an indication of how workers are reacting to this moment, in which it's being made painfully clear that they are deemed both essential and expendable at once.

Strikes going on around the country right now are an indication of how workers are reacting to this moment, in which it's being made painfully clear that they are deemed both essential and expendable at once.

"The first thing that the CDC tells you to do to help prevent the spread of disease is to wash your hands. But if you don't have water at home, you can't take that simple action to protect yourself or your family or your community."

Along with many other things, Covid-19 has underscored the individual and communal harms of a water affordability crisis in this country that usually remains hidden.

Along with many other things, Covid-19 has underscored the individual and communal harms of a water affordability crisis in this country that usually remains hidden.

"We see high prices, recurring shortages and declining innovation, but also these issues about drug safety and mass marketing, as the natural outcomes of an industry that is oriented around the singular goal of maximizing profit."