‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’ ‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’
CDC Deputy Director Anne Schuchat did something really radical. She told the truth about Covid-19 in the US.
Jul 2, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma Black Visibility Matters—and Not Just During Trauma
The recent increase in the representation and prominence of Black voices amid the nation’s racial uprising is bittersweet—and limiting.
Jul 2, 2020 / Ernest Owens
We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That. We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.
The problem is not that there is no money, but that the decisions have already been made not to spend it on homelessness and the injustices that create and perpetuate it.
Jul 2, 2020 / Mary Kate Bacalao
A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights A Small Victory for Reproductive Rights
Trump’s Supreme Court appointees lost this battle, but the war on abortion is far from over.
Jul 1, 2020 / Katha Pollitt
The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again
Newsrooms have to cover the real horse race in 2020: the race against climate breakdown.
Jul 1, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward Black Lives Matter: Walking Forward
Street intervention (artist unknown), Brooklyn, N.Y., June 2020.
Jul 1, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo
In New York, Zionism and Liberalism Faced Off—and Liberalism Won In New York, Zionism and Liberalism Faced Off—and Liberalism Won
The Democratic primary between Eliot Engel and Jamaal Bowman signals a sea change for American Jews.
Jul 1, 2020 / Eric Alterman
Online Learning Isn’t Even Remotely Equal Online Learning Isn’t Even Remotely Equal
We can’t just ignore it: Not every student has access to the same resources. But they should.
Jul 1, 2020 / Mary Retta
Silver Linings on a River Silver Linings on a River
Scenes from a pandemic: 14
Jul 1, 2020 / Vasia Markides
Is America Redeemable? Is America Redeemable?
The US can’t break its headlong rush into failed statehood without addressing the demands of the people this country has failed from its very inception.
Jul 1, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon