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May 23, 2023
Covid Has Left Deep Wounds in America’s Rural Communities
The virus tore at the bonds of solidarity in rural areas like Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Many of the scars have yet to heal.
Anne N. Sosin
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May 11, 2023
Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair
The never-ending Covid toll, the government’s indifference to this suffering—it’s easy to feel helpless about all of it. But we have to keep resisting.
Gregg Gonsalves
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May 4, 2023
What the Country Refused to Learn From the Pandemic
However briefly, the pandemic showed us that such an American world is not only possible but right at our fingertips.
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
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May 4, 2023
The Future of Global Health Has Rarely Looked Grimmer
It’s not just about how much our leaders get wrong when it comes to public health. It’s that the things they got right are in danger of slipping away.
Gregg Gonsalves
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April 21, 2023
We’re Still Getting Our Pandemic Preparation Horribly Wrong
Until we focus on the combustible social conditions that made Covid so devastating, we’ll never be truly ready for the next pandemic.
Martha Lincoln and Anne N. Sosin
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April 11, 2023
The Long Covid Revolution
Millions of American adults are impaired by long Covid. They have a vision for what our society owes to chronically ill and disabled people.
Fiona Lowenstein and Ryan Prior
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April 10, 2023
Exclusive: A House Subcommittee Releases Key Documents on the Pandemic Origin Paper
The documents, released to The Nation, formed the basis of a memo made public before the subcommittee’s first hearing on the origin of Covid-19.
Jimmy Tobias
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April 5, 2023
Is the American Dream a Long Con?
A conversation with Alissa Quart about her new book Bootstrapped, an examination of how the ideology of individualism helped create the conditions for inequality.
Rhoda Feng
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March 16, 2023
The Self-Appointed Covid Experts Are At It Again
The armchair Covid quarterbacks are screaming some new tunes: Masks don’t work! Covid came from a lab! Here’s why we need to be cautious about trusting them.
Gregg Gonsalves
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February 23, 2023
John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we talk about this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, and Joe Biden’s public health disaster.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense