Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead
They’re promoting policies that could push not only the economy but the US system of government to the breaking point.
May 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Should We Be Kind to the Rich? Should We Be Kind to the Rich?
A reader also asks about the ethics of ordering groceries online during the pandemic.
May 1, 2020 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
The Faces of Our Crisis The Faces of Our Crisis
They stock the shelves at grocery stores, dispatch 911 calls, and pick crops. They deserve their due.
May 1, 2020 / Editorial / Molly Crabapple
Trump’s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever Trump’s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever
With Covid-19, the assassin in chief in distant lands has transformed himself into a stone-cold killer here at home.
May 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Tom Engelhardt
Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben
The award-winning author and environmental activist and Nation editor D.D. Guttenplan for our weekly virtual series.
Apr 30, 2020 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / The Nation
Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote
In a rural village in upstate New York, our hospital laid off staff because there’s not enough for them to do.
Apr 30, 2020 / All Politics Is Local / Karen Rothmyer
The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care
There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal
The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing
If we don’t come together quickly, when America “reopens,” it will be much like the old America.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Quinn Slobodian
How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine? How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine?
They told us a vaccine for AIDS might take two years to develop. That was in 1984, and we’re still waiting.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves
In ICE Detention, Forced to Pay for Soap In ICE Detention, Forced to Pay for Soap
The for-profit model of private prison contractors has created artificial scarcity—and serious danger during the pandemic.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Jack Herrera