Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the April 6, 2020, Issue
The rest is commentary…
Mar 24, 2020 / Susie Linfield and Joshua Leifer
Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns
After two months of ignoring health experts, the fool in the White House lashes out at governors and the most vulnerable.
Mar 24, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
I Guess We’re All in This Together? I Guess We’re All in This Together?
Sure, things are different under coronavirus. But spending our days eye-rolling at the Trump administration will never change.
Mar 24, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Our ‘Honorable’ Members of Congress? Our ‘Honorable’ Members of Congress?
Whether or not Senator Burr and other members violated the Stock Act, why were they in the stock market at all during a pandemic?
Mar 23, 2020 / Bruce Fein
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before
Republicans are pushing through a means-tested, non-universal cash assistance bill. Our podcast explains why that’s a mistake.
Mar 23, 2020 / Francis Reynolds
Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic
Goaded by the right-wing media, the president is arguing for a dangerous strategy of letting the virus run wild in order to save the economy.
Mar 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Overcrowded detention facilities in the US risk exporting the virus to Central America.
Mar 23, 2020 / Gaby Del Valle and Jack Herrera
Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism. Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism.
Subscribe to a newspaper. Support public and community radio. Strengthen the lines of communication.
Mar 23, 2020 / John Nichols
If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US? If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?
House members Rosa DeLauro and Mark Pocan have a plan to keep Americans working.
Mar 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them. Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them.
The pandemic makes obvious what has long been true: Fox News is dangerous.
Mar 20, 2020 / Eric Alterman