The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic. The Gaza Strip Has Been Under Siege for Years. Covid-19 Could Be Catastrophic.
Israel, which continues to control Gaza’s borders, has for decades intentionally weakened the economy and health of the world’s largest open-air prison.
Mar 25, 2020 / Neve Gordon
‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’ ‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’
Families of loved ones imprisoned in New York’s notorious Tombs jail report that Covid-19 appears to be spreading in the facility—and there is no hand sanitizer.
Mar 25, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg
Around the World, Women Go on Strike to Protest Violence Around the World, Women Go on Strike to Protest Violence
“The Hell With Patriarchy” Santiago de Chile 2020. Women’s March, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mar 25, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Health Care Workers Are Facing Burdens That Put Everyone at Risk Health Care Workers Are Facing Burdens That Put Everyone at Risk
Insufficient protective equipment and limited access to testing are dramatically increasing the severity of the crisis.
Mar 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
Emily Nemens Talks Baseball and the Art of the Quarterly Emily Nemens Talks Baseball and the Art of the Quarterly
With the baseball season delayed, the new book by the editor of The Paris Review, The Cactus League, is a salve for fans.
Mar 25, 2020 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Private Insurance Hurts Pharmacists, Too Private Insurance Hurts Pharmacists, Too
Pharmacists are an oft-overlooked group of workers made miserable by our for-profit healthcare system.
Mar 25, 2020 / Jennifer Bernstein
These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19 These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19
Reopening the economy would put immunocompromised children in danger.
Mar 25, 2020 / Sara Luterman
Jay Electronica’s Wayward Rap Journey Jay Electronica’s Wayward Rap Journey
His mesmerizing, flawed, and long-awaited debut album, A Written Testimony, is one of the strangest rap records in recent memory.
Mar 25, 2020 / Stephen Kearse
Lessons From Wuhan Lessons From Wuhan
If we don’t debate a democratic response to pandemics now, we risk ceding leadership to tyrants.
Mar 25, 2020 / Mike Davis
Our Planet of Missing Beauties Our Planet of Missing Beauties
America’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic mirrors a world that seems to be breaking apart.
Mar 25, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt