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a promo for Fox News hosts including Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York

Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them. Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them.

The pandemic makes obvious what has long been true: Fox News is dangerous.

Mar 20, 2020 / Eric Alterman

Elizabeth Warren

Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar

Trump isn’t up to the job of managing a crisis. We need a work-around.

Mar 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Graffiti saying

Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario

Now is the time to imagine a better world.

Mar 20, 2020 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.

Mar 20, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

As Low-Income Workers Lose Hours and Jobs, Pressure Mounts to Halt Evictions

As Low-Income Workers Lose Hours and Jobs, Pressure Mounts to Halt Evictions As Low-Income Workers Lose Hours and Jobs, Pressure Mounts to Halt Evictions

The United States already had an affordable housing crisis before the pandemic hit. Now many more are at risk of homelessness.

Mar 19, 2020 / Bryce Covert

Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP

Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP

The party’s leadership is failing the test posed by the coronavirus.

Mar 19, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation

Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really!

Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really! Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really!

While the world grapples with the coronavirus, it’s important to remember how much the progressive movement has moved the ball.

Mar 19, 2020 / Leah Hunt-Hendrix

‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’

‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’ ‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’

Postponements and disruptions characterized a primary day when voting rights activists saw states failing the Covid-19 “stress test.”

Mar 18, 2020 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders

Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield

The insurgent has to decide whether to keep fighting in the primaries—or push for a radical economic program in Congress.

Mar 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Sara Nelson speaking at press conference

Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity

The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Mar 18, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe

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