Republicans Need to Take This Pandemic Seriously Republicans Need to Take This Pandemic Seriously
Responsible public health measures? Probably a liberal hoax.
Apr 14, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines
This pandemic is a stress test for our fragile political and economic systems.
Apr 14, 2020 / no-paywall / Rajan Menon
Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake
Keeping the toll of Covid-19 deaths artificially low makes it easier for Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.
Apr 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer
Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19 Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19
More than a month into New York City’s coronavirus outbreak, life in one of the most notorious jails continues to deteriorate.
Apr 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Rosa Schwartzburg
The Tangled History of Illness and Idiocy The Tangled History of Illness and Idiocy
The pandemic is stress-testing two concepts Americans have historically gotten wrong.
Apr 13, 2020 / Jessi Jezewska Stevens
These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t These Students Took Care of Each Other When Their Universities Didn’t
When their universities failed to provide support during the early chaos of the coronavirus outbreak, students launched mutual aid efforts across the country to share resources and...
Apr 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Abdullah Shihipar
A ‘Jubilee’ Cancellation of Debt Is Vital to Fighting the Coronavirus A ‘Jubilee’ Cancellation of Debt Is Vital to Fighting the Coronavirus
A growing movement says debt forgiveness for developing nations would “free up resources to tackle urgent health, social and economic crises.”
Apr 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Remembering Perry Rosenstein Remembering Perry Rosenstein
We miss him more than we can say.
Apr 10, 2020 / Editorial / Victor Navasky
Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support
The presumptive Democratic nominee says he understands “the urgency of this moment.” Young people need him to prove he means it.
Apr 10, 2020 / Waleed Shahid
Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace
In one week, he threatened to cut off US funding to the WHO, touted an unproven Covid-19 cure, and fired the watchdog overseeing the congressional bailout.
Apr 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky