(2021-01-26). Rural US Is Seriously Short on Resources Needed to Distribute Vaccine. truthout.org 
One afternoon this past December, a package arrived at Mora Valley Community Health Services in northern New Mexico. The rural clinic, which serves a county of 4,521 people, is nestled beside a pasture with a flock of chickens and a few goats. A mile up the road sits the town of Mora — a regional hub just big enough for a trio of restaurants, two gas stations, and a single-building satellite office for a nearby community college. | Shortly after the package arrived, clinic staff received an email ex…
(2021-01-26). Undocumented Workers Go Unprotected During California Wildfires. projectcensored.org The rise in severity and frequency of wildfires ravaging California has magnified the failure of employers and state agencies to protect workers' health in fire zones. Alleen Brown's September 2020…
(2021-01-25). Mexico To Get 24 Million Doses of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday spoke by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin who agreed to deliver 24 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in the next two months. | RELATED: | "Putin was genuinely affectionate. I invited him to visit Mexico and thanked him for the decision to send us 24 million doses," tweeted AMLO, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. | Besides confirming that these dos…
(2021-01-25). Mexico's President AMLO Tests Positive for COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) tested positive for COVID-19 and he is already receiving medical treatment. | RELATED: | "The symptoms are mild, so for the moment, I will be isolated at the National Palace until my full recovery," AMLO said, assuring that he will continue to monitor public affairs from the government headquarters. | On Monday, "I will attend a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin because there is a possib…
(2021-01-25). How Biden's First Executive Actions Fall Short. popularresistance.org On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed a series of executive orders that fell short of addressing two major crises facing jobless, poor, immigrants and working people: the threat of a wave of mass evictions and the threats of family separation by an emboldened rogue ICE agency. Simply put: Biden's first executive orders did not cancel the rent debt and only delivered a partial moratorium on deportations. | As the President settles in his new home, everyday people are wondering if they'll avoid being kicked out of theirs. Millions of renters, homeowners and undocumented immigrants are teetering on the edge of…
(2021-01-25). No Man's Land: A strictly delimited movie about borders. wsws.org Filmmaking brothers favor the personal and shun the political in a Western set in Texas and Mexico.
(2021-01-23). Biden, Johnson Discuss Need to Coordinate Foreign Policies on China, Iran, and Russia. sputniknews.com Prior to calling the head of the British Conservative Party, Biden had held talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.