Trump’s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever Trump’s Pandemic Response Signals That American Lives Are More Disposable Than Ever
With Covid-19, the assassin in chief in distant lands has transformed himself into a stone-cold killer here at home.
May 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Tom Engelhardt
Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore
Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.
Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox
If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service
I think he’d chime in on Joe Troop’s “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service.”
Apr 30, 2020 / John Nichols
Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote
In a rural village in upstate New York, our hospital laid off staff because there’s not enough for them to do.
Apr 30, 2020 / All Politics Is Local / Karen Rothmyer
The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care
There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal
The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing
If we don’t come together quickly, when America “reopens,” it will be much like the old America.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Quinn Slobodian
How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine? How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine?
They told us a vaccine for AIDS might take two years to develop. That was in 1984, and we’re still waiting.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves
In ICE Detention, Forced to Pay for Soap In ICE Detention, Forced to Pay for Soap
The for-profit model of private prison contractors has created artificial scarcity—and serious danger during the pandemic.
Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Jack Herrera
Meatpacking Plants Are a Front in the Covid-19 Class War Meatpacking Plants Are a Front in the Covid-19 Class War
Eager to reopen the economy, Donald Trump and Republican governors are taking extraordinary measures to force the poor to do dangerous jobs.
Apr 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer
A Letter to My Landlord A Letter to My Landlord
Scenes from a pandemic: 5
Apr 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Anna Flores