Economy

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

This global pandemic must remain our collective battle.

May 11, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Covid: Un-United States of Guns

Covid: Un-United States of Guns Covid: Un-United States of Guns

The battle over gun safety laws in America.

May 10, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

Bill and Melinda Gates

Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo? Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo?

The billionaire’s role in perpetuating vaccine apartheid in the name of protecting intellectual property rights has begun to draw criticism.

May 7, 2021 / Tim Schwab

Phillies Giants Baseball Game

Sports Unions Come Together to Fight for the PRO Act Sports Unions Come Together to Fight for the PRO Act

The sports unions for basketball, baseball, football, and hockey have combined forces—and the labor movement is stronger for it.

May 6, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Striking Nurses

Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety

The pandemic—and widespread frustration over unsafe working conditions—has triggered a wave of strikes in hospitals from Massachusetts to Hawaii.

May 6, 2021 / Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis

students protest abolish tuition

Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How

Advocates collected thousands of responses from borrowers across the country, and their stories show just how debilitating student debt has become.

May 5, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Whitney Barkley-Denney

Frankfurt patent demonstrations

This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World

Then-candidate Biden told me he wouldn’t let patents block vaccine access. Tomorrow, he must keep his promise.

May 4, 2021 / Ady Barkan

Can Capitalism Be Fixed?

Can Capitalism Be Fixed? Can Capitalism Be Fixed?

In his new book, Branko Milanovic charts what has gone wrong with contemporary capitalism while also insisting we must reconcile ourselves to its contradictions.

May 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni

The Rise of Adjunct Lit

The Rise of Adjunct Lit The Rise of Adjunct Lit

How a bleak future in and out of the academy has produced a new kind of campus novel.

May 3, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Maggie Doherty

Pieces of Hate

Pieces of Hate Pieces of Hate

Warrants executed. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 26.

Apr 30, 2021 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner

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