The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust. The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust.
Almost all our leaders failed to act quickly enough to stave off the Covid catastrophe. So how can we trust them to tell us when the crisis has passed?
Apr 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal
A ‘Jubilee’ Cancellation of Debt Is Vital to Fighting the Coronavirus A ‘Jubilee’ Cancellation of Debt Is Vital to Fighting the Coronavirus
A growing movement says debt forgiveness for developing nations would “free up resources to tackle urgent health, social and economic crises.”
Apr 12, 2020 / John Nichols
The Deficit Is Exploding! And That’s a Good Thing. The Deficit Is Exploding! And That’s a Good Thing.
The fact that nobody’s asking where the money is coming from shows how much our politics have changed since 2008.
Apr 9, 2020 / Robert Pollin
When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie
If the Democratic Party won’t listen to the left, it should at least listen to itself from 30 years ago.
Apr 7, 2020 / Ed Burmila
How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short
Faced with the shattering 2008 crisis, Obama and his key advisers largely sought to restore the wobbly pre-crisis status quo.
Apr 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper
Science Will Not Come on a White Horse With a Solution Science Will Not Come on a White Horse With a Solution
Sheila Jasanoff, a professor of science and technology studies, tells The Nation that we’ve modeled the progression of the disease, but not the social consequences.
Apr 6, 2020 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent
Coronavirus’s impact on American lives deepens.
Mar 31, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
This Is What an Opposition Party Is Supposed to Sound Like This Is What an Opposition Party Is Supposed to Sound Like
Bernie Sanders’s moral outrage and devastating sarcasm struck back against a GOP assault on poor and low-income workers.
Mar 27, 2020 / John Nichols
The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down
Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.
Mar 27, 2020 / Jake Bittle
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19
Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.
Mar 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky