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Vox: “I did not sign up for the military. I signed up for Walmart.”

Reading Time: 6 minutes As the virus has spread and workers have begun speaking out, grocery companies have been taking some steps to protect employees. Walmart announced on April 3 that, beginning the following day, it would limit store occupancy to five customers per 1,000 feet, or about 20 percent of normal. When a Walmart employee tests positive for Covid, “we have processes in place to inform associates within the impacted store,” Rebecca Thomason, senior manager of corporate communications at the company, told Vox.

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RACE FORWARD’S STATEMENT ON DISPROPORTIONATE COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS IN BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITIES: IT’S TIME TO LEAD WITH RACIAL EQUITY

Reading Time: 2 minutes People of color are more likely to be working in “essential” jobs, and therefore are at much greater risk of exposure to COVID-19. Health inequities, seen in preexisting conditions such as hypertension, obesity, diabetes, asthma, lack of access to quality health care, and underemployment are all factors that increase COVID-19 complications in patients of color. Coronavirus kills, and structural racism is its accomplice.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains Inequality in Coronavirus Pandemic | NowThis

Reading Time: < 1 minute In US news and current events today, Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez discussed with Ady Barkan how global pandemics and the current COVID-19 virus is highlighting all of the inequalities that the poor communities and vulnerable are subjected to. Here’s why AOC is fighting for radical change against systematic racism and inequality amongst the working class.

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Huffpo: It’s Time For A Revolution In At-Home Abortion

Reading Time: 5 minutes The callers wanted to know how to end their pregnancies without going outside. Many were afraid to travel for fear of contracting the coronavirus, which spreads through contact with others. Some didn’t have the financial resources to make an arduous, often multi-day trip to an abortion clinic. Others were stuck in states where abortions were temporarily halted by Republican leaders exploiting the crisis to erode access. 

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This is the moment. It’s here. We’re in the catastrophe.

Reading Time: 8 minutes It is always darkest before the dawn, and there is more darkness to come. This post is not intended to spread fear. It is intended to spread awareness.

We are better able to face risk when we understand what’s out there. There are some very, very deep vulnerabilities in the US. Recognizing that they exist will help us to navigate the shock when the unbelievable hits. And it will.

The way out is together.

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