Coronavirus

Covid Takes Center Stage at the World Series

Covid Takes Center Stage at the World Series Covid Takes Center Stage at the World Series

Protocols exist to protect players from themselves—and during a pandemic, from each other.

Oct 28, 2020 / Against the Current / Dave Zirin

‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’

‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’ ‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’

Understanding community cultural perceptions of risk—the stories people tell themselves—is critical to understanding the Covid-19 pandemic.

Oct 28, 2020 / Something Is Happening Here / Molly Bolick

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Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers

The pandemic has exacerbated the cruel inequities of the US economy.

Oct 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Two students and a parent, all wearing masks, check into NYU dorms.

International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore

And with constant changes in immigration policy keeping them in a state of anxiety during the pandemic, who can blame them?

Oct 27, 2020 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang

Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab

Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab

An executive order establishing new hiring and firing practices will, if he is reelected, give him extraordinary control over almost the entire civil service.

Oct 27, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Standing on the White House balcony, Donald Trump removes his mask.

Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender

Practicing the power of positive thinking and flirting with herd immunity, Trump is endangering his own reelection bid at the cost of countless lives.

Oct 26, 2020 / Jeet Heer

A CASE canvasser in PPE reviews a list of names.

Opportunity Knocks: Canvassing in the Time of Covid Opportunity Knocks: Canvassing in the Time of Covid

While Democrats abandoned in-person door knocking because of the pandemic, Republicans never stopped. Democrats have finally decided to end their unilateral disarmament.

Oct 23, 2020 / Daniel Judt and Maxwell Ulin

Trump Sinks to New Depths of Deceit and Depravity

Trump Sinks to New Depths of Deceit and Depravity Trump Sinks to New Depths of Deceit and Depravity

His mendacity level was through the roof, and his lack of empathy was even more on display.

Oct 23, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

We’re Never Going Back to Normal

We’re Never Going Back to Normal We’re Never Going Back to Normal

The question is how we’ll remake the world.

Oct 22, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight

We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight

This is the Democratic candidate’s chance to indict the president and the Republican senators who have allowed a pandemic to devastate America.

Oct 22, 2020 / John Nichols

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