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Health Care Workers in Spain Clap

This Crisis Has Created a New and Profound Sense of Solidarity This Crisis Has Created a New and Profound Sense of Solidarity

This crisis has exposed many cruel weaknesses in our social systems, but the best of humanity is also on display.

Apr 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Workers on the Front Lines of the Philippines’ Fight Against Coronavirus

The Workers on the Front Lines of the Philippines’ Fight Against Coronavirus The Workers on the Front Lines of the Philippines’ Fight Against Coronavirus

Volunteer health care workers and underpaid nurses are keeping the virus at bay, for now.

Apr 14, 2020 / Photo Essay / Xyza Cruz Bacani

Take Action Now: Fight For A Just Recovery

Take Action Now: Fight For A Just Recovery Take Action Now: Fight For A Just Recovery

Support a stimulus that prioritizes workers, demand housing justice, and fight for equity in this moment of crisis and beyond.

Apr 14, 2020 / NationAction

The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust.

The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust. The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust.

Almost all our leaders failed to act quickly enough to stave off the Covid catastrophe. So how can we trust them to tell us when the crisis has passed?

Apr 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague

Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague Amazing Grace and Courage Amid the Plague

But also racism and xenophobia, as Trump sows ever more chaos and hatred in his bid to win reelection.

Apr 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines

Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines

This pandemic is a stress test for our fragile political and economic systems. 

Apr 14, 2020 / Rajan Menon

The Calvary Cemetery

Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake

Keeping the toll of Covid-19 deaths artificially low makes it easier for Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.

Apr 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19

Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19 Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19

More than a month into New York City’s coronavirus outbreak, life in one of the most notorious jails continues to deteriorate.

Apr 13, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg

Student at a campus food pantry

These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t

When their universities failed to provide support during the early chaos of the coronavirus outbreak, students launched mutual aid efforts across the country to share resources and...

Apr 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Abdullah Shihipar

Immigrants Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Crisis

Immigrants Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Crisis Immigrants Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Crisis

Telling the stories of this pandemic through photography.

Apr 13, 2020 / Photo Essay / Cinthya Santos Briones, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

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