Universities Are Playing Fast and Loose With Students’ Health Universities Are Playing Fast and Loose With Students’ Health
Who’s really responsible for Covid-19 outbreaks when university campuses reopen?
Aug 17, 2020 / StudentNation / Cynthia Greenlee
Who Gets to Tell the Story of Wuhan’s Lockdown? Who Gets to Tell the Story of Wuhan’s Lockdown?
On Fang Fang’s quarantine journal and the political limits of the diary.
Aug 13, 2020 / Jaime Chu
Grief in Florida Grief in Florida
Chaos distorts the common stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—but Florida is not alone.
Aug 12, 2020 / Gregg DeChirico
Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19? Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19?
Our leaders are as bad as any comic book villain. But even they might be no match for Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth—or Spider-man’s web shooters or Shuri’s brain.
Aug 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
The Complete Dysfunction of the GOP Is on Full Display The Complete Dysfunction of the GOP Is on Full Display
The wrangling over the Covid-19 stimulus package is boiling down to the president’s petty grievances and the Republicans’ small-government hobbyhorses.
Aug 6, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
As Covid Slams Us, Elders Want Solidarity, Not Sentiment—or Blame As Covid Slams Us, Elders Want Solidarity, Not Sentiment—or Blame
No generation has a monopoly on justice, or responsibility.
Aug 5, 2020 / Judith Levine
The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
Trump and his lackeys are guilty of criminal negligence, if not far worse. Who will hold them accountable?
Aug 3, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Hong Kong’s Protesters Are Writing Their ‘Last Letters’ Hong Kong’s Protesters Are Writing Their ‘Last Letters’
They fear being arrested or disappeared, and are not prepared to be silenced without a fight.
Aug 3, 2020 / Photo Essay / Billy H.C. Kwok, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Trump’s October Surprise: A Vaccine for Covid-19? Trump’s October Surprise: A Vaccine for Covid-19?
What do we have to lose by rushing a vaccine into production? A longer pandemic, a colossal waste of money—and the risk of undermining public confidence in all vaccines.
Jul 30, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
Covid-19 Can Change International Politics Forever Covid-19 Can Change International Politics Forever
Countries’ bungling their responses to the coronavirus as others seal themselves off could lead to a total transformation of geopolitics.
Jul 29, 2020 / John Feffer