Health and Disease

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Covid à la Modi. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 19.

Apr 23, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Italy Covid

Letter From Italy Letter From Italy

“It’s as quiet in our street as it was a year ago.”

Apr 21, 2021 / Daisy Cockburn

A young schoolboy in a mask, wearing a black jacket with three white stripes and an orange bucket hat, walks past a banner saying “No Olympics” during a protest calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled.

The Tokyo Olympics Are in Trouble The Tokyo Olympics Are in Trouble

The pandemic has driven support for the Summer Olympics in Japan to historically low levels. 

Apr 21, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real? Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?

During the Covid pandemic, American workers had access to guaranteed paid leave for the first time in history. Advocates say now is the time for paid leave for all.

Apr 20, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Got Vaccinated?

Got Vaccinated? Got Vaccinated?

Passport to greater freedom… carefully.

Apr 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Ron Hauge

Pentagon

The Pentagon Is Not Taking Covid Seriously Enough The Pentagon Is Not Taking Covid Seriously Enough

Over a third of active-duty military personnel have refused to be vaccinated. The Pentagon’s response has mostly been silence.

Apr 19, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino

Back to Normal

Back to Normal Back to Normal

Regular orders.

Apr 19, 2021 / OppArt / Bill Bramhall

California skaters

The Ruins of Bunker Hill The Ruins of Bunker Hill

A visit to Downtown Los Angeles makes plain how cities will be irrevocably changed by the pandemic.

Apr 16, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Prison Gym

Undanced Dances During a Pandemic Undanced Dances During a Pandemic

From inside a California prison come choreographies of the mind.

Apr 14, 2021 / Suchi Branfman

Covid Army Medic

The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine

The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong.

Apr 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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