The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis
Earth Day’s 50th anniversary serves as a moment to reflect on how to more rigorously cover the climate story.
Apr 20, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
The Devastating Emotional Toll of Suspending Prison Visits The Devastating Emotional Toll of Suspending Prison Visits
To insulate facilities from the coronavirus, prisons and jails are not allowing people to see their incarcerated loved ones.
Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Karina Piser
10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil 10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil
The president can still use his executive powers to do the right thing.
Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Todd N. Tucker
Russian Officials Dawdled as the Coronavirus Took Hold Russian Officials Dawdled as the Coronavirus Took Hold
Now Muscovites are being forced to use QR codes as travel permits.
Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Alec Luhn
The Next Voter Suppression The Next Voter Suppression
Wisconsin’s elections gave us a preview of the lengths to which Republicans and their judicial allies will go to disenfranchise voters in November.
Apr 20, 2020 / Editorial / John Nichols
Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic
Photos from the grassroots food distribution networks that are keeping Los Angeles’s undocumented communities afloat.
Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Arlene Mejorado, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus
Their efforts highlight the deep history of organizing and radical mutual support in the sex worker community.
Apr 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Jack Herrera
‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James ‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James
Governors, mayors, and attorneys general set the agenda, as Trump’s malignancy, like the coronavirus, grows exponentially.
Apr 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Thanks to Covid-19, Neoliberal Globalization Is Unraveling Thanks to Covid-19, Neoliberal Globalization Is Unraveling
But internationalism is more essential than ever.
Apr 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer
We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care
A smoothly functioning economy is one in which people who want to work are able to do so.
Apr 17, 2020 / Editorial / Bryce Covert