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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at the launch of the Institute of Advanced Virology's Mobile Outbreak Testing Unit La garantía de vivir está viva en Kerala

En 2016, el gobierno del Frente Democrático de Izquierda de Kerala anunció el objetivo de reducir la mortalidad infantil a una cifra de un solo dígito. El año pasado, logró reducir la tasa a cinco por cada 1.000 nacimientos, una cifra inferior al promedio nacional de la India e incluso a la de algunos países del Norte global.

The guarantee of life is alive in Kerala

In 2016, Kerala’s Left Democratic Front government announced the goal of cutting infant mortality to single digits. Last year, it managed to bring the ratio to five per 1,000 births — lower than India’s national average and even some Global North countries’.

Despite Trump's steep tariffs, China exported triple what it imported from the US in 2025 so far Despite Trump’s steep tariffs, China exported triple what it imported from the US in 2025 so far

Tariffs against China reached 145% and are now being reduced; China’s policies to boost domestic consumption yielded results

Organizers to converge in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss “What will a new society run by workers look like?”

Despite human rights violations, precarious conditions, wage stagnation, and more, the people of the US continue to dream of a better future

Chile is at the dawn of a new political era

The search for the new era in Chile has two important avenues: the writing of the new constitution, which is what the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention are doing, and the presidential election to be held on November 21, 2021

Dispatches from India: The politics and economics of hate

We take a look at the latest GDP numbers, comments by a judge in Uttar Pradesh, the situation of education in the country, a detailed analysis of the economic context to hate crimes, and the crisis faced by weavers in the State of Tamil Nadu

Why Amazon is fighting so hard to stop warehouse workers from unionizing

Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is

It’s easy to fix inequality: Tax the rich

There is no better time than now to address the ridiculous levels of wealth and income inequality in the United States. It can be done with ease through aggressive taxation of the wealthiest handfuls of individuals

Will Biden ensure my family is reunited?

Trump’s cruel anti-immigrant agenda separated untold numbers of families, including mine. Will the new administration fix the mess?

How the privatization of medicine in India is accelerating its COVID-19 death toll

The COVID-19 crisis was an opportunity for the public systems to recapture their rightful position as the predominant health care providers in the country. But the public systems were unprepared for the task