Coronavirus

Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows

Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows Under Europe’s Strictest Lockdown, the World Is Only as Big as Our Windows

Yet you can still tell a lot from those windows—about capitalism, climate change, and the love status of the couple across the way.

Apr 28, 2020 / Ben Ehrenreich

A large effigy of Stephen Miller that reads

The Federalist Fight Against Fascism The Federalist Fight Against Fascism

Progressive states and attorneys are charting their own course, using the courts to rein in an out-of-control president.

Apr 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Tom Tomorrow cartoon 4/28/20

Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach

Just when you think Trump’s handling of the coronavirus couldn’t get worse, he surprises us.

Apr 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration

This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration

Prosecutors are in a unique position to flatten the curve.

Apr 28, 2020 / Tiffany Cabán

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump

Comparing the US’s and China’s Response to Covid-19 Comparing the US’s and China’s Response to Covid-19

When humanity emerges from this crisis, the standing global order may look quite different.

Apr 28, 2020 / Dilip Hiro

Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat

Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat

But stimulus packages aren’t providing the necessary support for them to do their jobs safely.

Apr 27, 2020 / Jim Goodman

Asian Americans stand together on the steps of a building, one holds a sign reading

For White Nationalists, Covid-19 Came Right on Time For White Nationalists, Covid-19 Came Right on Time

Current eruptions of anti-Asian harassment and violence may just be the earthquake before the tsunami.

Apr 27, 2020 / Scot Nakagawa

Health Workers Care for Us—Are We Caring for Them?

Health Workers Care for Us—Are We Caring for Them? Health Workers Care for Us—Are We Caring for Them?

Photos of the nurses and assistants who tended to my dad in his final days. 

Apr 27, 2020 / Photo Essay / Liz Sanders, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

The Burden of Dangerous Work Must Be Shared by All

The Burden of Dangerous Work Must Be Shared by All The Burden of Dangerous Work Must Be Shared by All

As the right-wing elite push for a premature end to the lockdown, they too must start carrying their share of the load.

Apr 24, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Vietnam May Have the Most Effective Response to Covid-19

Vietnam May Have the Most Effective Response to Covid-19 Vietnam May Have the Most Effective Response to Covid-19

They’ve done it through mass mobilization of the health care system, public employees, and the security forces, combined with an energetic and creative public education campaign.

Apr 24, 2020 / George Black

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