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The first results of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trials were officially published Tuesday and the news was good—patients injected with the mRNA-based vaccine produced antibodies that fight the Covid-19 virus. Just how good is this good news? That depends on whether or not you accept the fundamental assumption underlying this generation of Covid-19 …

Lessons for COVID-19 from the Early Days of AIDS A pioneer in the fight against HIV reflects on the dangers of excess optimism about a coronavirus vaccine Thirty-six years ago, we were, like today, in the midst of a new and still somewhat mysterious global pandemic. In the U.S. alone, more …

Hi Naomi, Since we launched our campaign to build a more fair New York on Monday, so much has happened. I want to make sure you have the opportunity to follow along! If you have a moment, please: Follow the campaign on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Check out our campaign website. Watch our launch video …

Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-harsh-sanctions-lead-to-iran-china-partnership/ China and Iran have drafted a “sweeping economic and security partnership,” according to The New York Times. China will get a regular, heavily discounted supply of Iranian oil for the next 25 years, as well as an expanded role in Iranian banking, ports, railways, telecommunications and myriad other projects. Iran and …

Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court By Marjorie Cohn Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-hide-us-and-israeli-war-crimes-by-attacking-the-icc/ A war crimes complaint has been filed against Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner in the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is now up to the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor …

Protesters Attacked by Police Are Suing to Vindicate Their Constitutional Rights By Marjorie Cohn Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/protesters-attacked-by-police-are-suing-to-vindicate-their-constitutional-rights/ Protesters demonstrating against white supremacy and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s public lynching have been met with illegal repression by law enforcement. Police have utilized toxic chemical and sonic weapons, dangerous projectiles, intrusive surveillance, physical …

Since the last of our recent trilogy of blog posts covering the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief add Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), much has occurred to reveal the Act’s bias toward big business and the wealthy and its vulnerability to fraud and abuse. This time has also exposed the …

According to the U.S. Labor Department’s latest statistics, as for July 2020, at least 10 million more people are jobless compared with pre-pandemic levels. Layoffs once deemed temporary have turned into permanent job loss. Nowadays, millions are still filing for unemployment benefits each week. However, the unemployment allowance can’t cover …

Susan Sorella is in her last year at Suffolk Law School in Boston. When she began clerking for criminal defense lawyer Bobby Coughlin, Susan had no idea she would become a central figure in a murder case that pitted the mob against corrupt FBI agents. Or that she would be …

The backlash against Donald Trump’s illegal show of military force against anti-racist protesters compelled him to withdraw the troops — for now. But we must continue raising the illegality of this use of the military and pushing for barriers to guard against future such deployments. The threat of a resurgence …

Thank You, Dad   A very happy Father’s Day to the biggest support system and inspiration in my life.   My dad came to this country with pennies in his pockets and no one to call a friend to escape deep poverty and unemployment that plagued his life in India. …

Dear Naomi, On Thursday, June 25th, a powerful cross-section of labor, clergy, artistic, activist, philanthropic, anti-violence and consumer groups across the nation joined Equal Means Equal in throwing their vital support behind a federal lawsuit that demands the U.S. government validate and add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United …

That’s not a chip on my shoulder. That’s your foot on my neck. – Malcolm X On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer tortured George Floyd to death in what his brother, Philonise Floyd, called “a modern-day lynching in broad daylight.” Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in all 50 …

  This is a great moment for civil rights in the United States. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County affirms what Equal Means Equal has long argued: the term “sex” includes ALL Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identification. Equal Means Equal was proud to …

Has the Quarantine Made Women Prisoners of Abuse?   Bestselling author Dr. Naomi Wolf discusses domestic violence, rape/sexual assault, and more with Naveena Chittineedi. Ms. Chittineedi is an incoming first-year medical student in New York, Social Media Director and Commentator at DailyClout.io, and Department of Health certified Rape Crisis Counselor. …

Equal rights for women in America are the focus of a very important lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court – and it’s going on right now. Women have been fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment for more than a hundred years. A brief was recently filed in support of women’s equality …

Dear Naomi, On Monday, Equal Means Equal and its co-plaintiffs accused the Trump administration of causing “catastrophic legal injury” by refusing to carry out the will of the people and acknowledging the Equal Rights Amendment became the 28th Amendment to the Constitution when Virginia ratified the measure on January 27th of 2020. DOWNLOAD …

Six Ways to Fight for Justice Now Dear friend, Like you, we are disgusted by the racist killing of George Floyd. We are outraged at the contrast between white “reopen” protesters being treated with deference and Black protesters being tear-gassed. And we are driven to action shaken by the protests and uprisings …

Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-make-seismic-rulings-on-reproductive-rights/ The rights of women to terminate their pregnancies and to receive free contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are on the chopping block. Those challenges to reproductive freedom are consistent with Trump’s agenda of pandering to the religious right while erasing Barack Obama’s achievements. The Supreme Court …

“Lindsey Boylan is running to unseat longtime incumbent and Democratic party stalwart Rep Jerrold Nadler in New York City’s Tenth Congressional District. This is an influential and heterogenous district, which encompasses the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the West Village, Wall Street itself, and lower income parts of Brooklyn. The needs of the …