Health and Disease

What We Know About the Covid-19 Race Gap

What We Know About the Covid-19 Race Gap What We Know About the Covid-19 Race Gap

The CDC is finally releasing more data that show just how unequal the toll of the pandemic is. But we can’t stop there.

May 4, 2020 / Editorial / Zoë Carpenter

The Pandemic in Our Minds

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 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 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump sits at a desk with Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy standing behind him

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 / no-paywall / 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 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 / no-paywall / Tom Engelhardt

Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote

Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote

In a rural village in upstate New York, our hospital laid off staff because there’s not enough for them to do.

Apr 30, 2020 / All Politics Is Local / Karen Rothmyer

The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care

The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care

There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.

Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal

A person wearing gloves injects another person with a potential Covid-19 vaccine.

How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine? How Long Will It Take Until There’s a Vaccine?

They told us a vaccine for AIDS might take two years to develop. That was in 1984, and we’re still waiting.

Apr 30, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves

Drawing in Self-Isolation

Drawing in Self-Isolation Drawing in Self-Isolation

Stay-in-Place-Keep-Making-Art! 

Apr 29, 2020 / OppArt / Anton Van Dalen

A Letter to My Landlord

A Letter to My Landlord A Letter to My Landlord

Scenes from a pandemic: 5

Apr 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Anna Flores

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