Parenting During a Pandemic Parenting During a Pandemic
The coronavirus works like a highlighter, making our long-standing societal inequities more visible.
May 4, 2020 / Alice Proujansky, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic
“May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.”
May 3, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
The Pandemic in Our Minds The Pandemic in Our Minds
A classic horror movie reveals how authoritarianism and scapegoating flourish during a plague.
May 1, 2020 / Jeet Heer
McConnell’s Stimulus Scam: Vaccinate Businesses, Expose Workers McConnell’s Stimulus Scam: Vaccinate Businesses, Expose Workers
The Senate leader wants to block businesses from being sued for putting people at risk of Covid-19—thus ensuring people are put at risk.
May 1, 2020 / Elie Mystal
When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their film, The Infiltrators.
May 1, 2020 / Q&A / Mark Engler
Covid-19’s Third Shock Wave: The Global Food Crisis Covid-19’s Third Shock Wave: The Global Food Crisis
Many people are already going hungry in the United States; many more will face hunger or starvation in other parts of the world.
May 1, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead
They’re promoting policies that could push not only the economy but the US system of government to the breaking point.
May 1, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
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 / Tom Engelhardt
‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee. ‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee.
Acknowledged as the “backbone” of the Democratic Party, black women want to be recognized as national leaders, too.
May 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously
Here in the United States, workers need a lot more than another holiday.
May 1, 2020 / Jane McAlevey