February 15, 2021 Pearl River Predictably, former President Trump was acquitted in his latest impeachment trial. It has always been important to him to set records, and he notched a couple of more. Only president to be impeached not once, but twice. How about that? His 57-43 acquittal, although ten short of what was …
The Vaccination Fight on the Nursing Home Floors
February 14, 2021 Pearl River Nursing homes have been ground zero of the Covid-19 killing zone. People with dementia are twice as likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus. Tens of thousands of nursing home workers in the US have also died in the pandemic. This is a worldwide problem, but especially intense …
Work Relief
February 13, 2021 Pearl River Back when welfare was “as we know it,” we organized to oppose “workfare,” the requirement that poverty alone did not qualify someone for benefits to survive, but they also had to prove they had made efforts to seek employment or had successfully gotten some menial job. Sometimes these requirements …