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March 26, 2020

‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus

From hospital wards to bus routes to a ventilator plant in Wisconsin, working-class Americans are giving their all.

John Nichols
March 26, 2020

E.J. Dionne: The Coronavirus Crisis Will Change the 2020 Elections

Plus Melina Abdullah on Black Lives Matter, and Katha Pollitt on Contagion.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
March 25, 2020

The Media’s Covid-19 Coverage Proves It Could Also Spotlight the Climate Crisis

Flattening the curve is key to survival in both cases

Mark Hertsgaard
March 25, 2020

‘Maybe if I Had Papers, It Would Have Been Different’: Undocumented During a Pandemic

The crisis is putting undocumented and migrant communities in the crosshairs.

Heather Gies and John Washington
March 25, 2020

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.

Neve Gordon
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March 25, 2020

‘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.

Rosa Schwartzburg
March 25, 2020

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.

Zoë Carpenter
March 25, 2020

These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19

Reopening the economy would put immunocompromised children in danger.

Sara Luterman
March 25, 2020

Lessons From Wuhan

If we don’t debate a democratic response to pandemics now, we risk ceding leadership to tyrants.

Mike Davis
March 25, 2020

Our Planet of Missing Beauties

America’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic mirrors a world that seems to be breaking apart.

Tom Engelhardt