Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
“Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.”
May 14, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Judith Butler on the Violence of Neglect Amid a Health Crisis Judith Butler on the Violence of Neglect Amid a Health Crisis
A conversation with the theorist about her new book, The Force of Nonviolence, and the need for global solidarity in the pandemic world
May 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Francis Wade
We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It. We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It.
Amid a pandemic, FEMA and HUD must be ready to provide renters with safe homes.
May 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Vanessa A. Bee
The Coronavirus Is Hitting Tribal Schools Hard The Coronavirus Is Hitting Tribal Schools Hard
Native students across the country are concerned what this crisis could mean for their universities in the long term.
May 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Mary Retta
Go to Work or Stay Home? An Essential Worker Is Forced to Make a Wager With Fate. Go to Work or Stay Home? An Essential Worker Is Forced to Make a Wager With Fate.
Scenes from a pandemic: 7
May 13, 2020 / no-paywall / José Orduña
Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity
The seventh-largest property owner in NYC needs to use its wealth to protect its vulnerable workers, not punish them.
May 12, 2020 / R.H. Lossin and Lexie Cook
Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive
Direct action and inclusivity are driving the new Asian American movement.
May 11, 2020 / no-paywall / Promise Li and Esther K
Covid-19 Is Forcing an Exodus From Peru’s Cities Covid-19 Is Forcing an Exodus From Peru’s Cities
On the streets of Lima, hundreds of thousands of people have started walking back to their hometowns.
May 11, 2020 / no-paywall / Musuk Nolte, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
‘Normalcy—Never Again!’ ‘Normalcy—Never Again!’
The past is nowhere to return to. As the pandemic changes the world, may we come together to demand that it change for the better.
May 8, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Iowa’s Republican Governor Sacrifices Citizens to Trump Iowa’s Republican Governor Sacrifices Citizens to Trump
The state has some of fastest-growing Covid-19 outbreaks in the country. That hasn’t stopped Governor Kim Reynolds from rushing to reopen.
May 7, 2020 / no-paywall / Emily Berch