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Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. The 2020 vote in California spelled qualified advancement—and some retreats November 10, 2020 11:29 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon Students pictured here at Californias UCLA are expressing disappointment that voters rejected an affirmative action proposition. | Damian Dovarganes/AP ...

Dec. 29 - 5:15 p.m.  Idaho added 1,098 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday, and 416 more probable cases, for a total of 1,514 cases statewide.  Seventeen more people have died from COVID-19, but the death toll increased by 16 because a previous death in Jefferson County was reclassified as non-covid-related. In total, 1,393 Idahoans have died due to COVID-19. Of the deaths recorded on Tuesday, four were in Bonneville County, three were in Kootenai,  and two were in Latah and Shoshone....

The Christmas season is not just for making merry but also a time of sharing and giving, especially to the less privileged. Aligning with this, Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications services provider, recently kept faith with over five thousand persons in five Internally Displaced Persons camps in the country. Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that the program, which is in its sixth year, was themed ‘Five Days of Love’ Although the year has been ravaged by COVID-19 pandemic, the Christmas seaso...

Dec. 23 - 5:45 p.m. Idaho added 1,110 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, and an additional 281 probable cases. Idaho’s positive test rate is around 16

Dec.  22 - 5:30 p.m.   After three days of the state reporting fewer than 1,000 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, Idaho reported 1,249 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, with another 468 probable cases, for a total of 1,717 new cases.    Twelve new deaths were reported statewide: five in Canyon County, four in Ada County, two in Bingham County and one each in Bonneville, Madison and Oneida counties. Bannock and Caribou counties each removed one death each from its death toll.    Ada County ...

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the commencement of its annual ‘Five Days of Love’ Yuletide initiative, which provides palliative packs to 5,000 persons across five Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in five cities in the country over a period of five days.   Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, said: “Our resolve to Nigeria and Nigerians is unshakeable. Despite a difficult year, we are committed t...

AP Images December 21 - 5:20 p.m.   Idaho added 678 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday, making it the third day in a row with fewer than 1,000 new cases. An additional 239 cases were listed as probable. The statewide total of confirmed cases is now 109,102.    After a brief dip in deaths over the weekend, Idaho added 21 deaths to its total Monday, bringing it to 1,301. Ada County reported five,both Bannock and Bonnville Counties reported three deaths and two deaths each were repor...

Labor activists join to plan the campaign for single-payer / Eric Gordon / PW This article won a third place Saul Miller Award in the Organizing category at the 2020 Labor Media Awards, presented by the International Labor Communications Association. LOS ANGELES—Is it time to step away from the term “Medicare for all” and start saying “single payer?” This was one of the issues Mark Dudzic posed to a grouping of labor activists and educators that met at the Los Angeles County Federatio...

AP Images   December 19 - 7 p.m. The Department of Idaho Health and Welfare posted 851 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, 822 of which were confirmed by lab testing. Saturday was the first non-Sunday or Holiday since November 2 with fewer than 1,000 new cases. The death toll remained at 1,275 people Saturday, with one additional death reported in Canyon County and one death removed from Bonneville Countys total. Eastern Idaho District Health did not specify why the fatality was changed. Idahos vac...

Christmas decorations outside The Dome in George Street, Edinburgh Credit: PA People on the Covid Shielding’ List - i.e. those deemed to be most at risk from the virus - received a card from the Scottish Government and signed by Nicola Sturgeon this week. I suppose you could call it a Christmas card, except that nowhere in it did the word ‘Christmas’ appear; instead we got  best wishes for a safe and happy ‘festive season’ from Scotland’s First Minister.    Still, it’s the thou...