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Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus’s Origins Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus’s Origins

The current administration is smearing China in the same way Bush fabricated intelligence on Iraq.

May 22, 2020 / Bob Dreyfuss

Cruise Ship of State

Cruise Ship of State Cruise Ship of State

A president without a moral compass steers us toward the rocks.

May 22, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Here’s What We’re Doing With Your Check, Donald

Here’s What We’re Doing With Your Check, Donald Here’s What We’re Doing With Your Check, Donald

Don’t need the government’s Covid-19 relief money? Here are some worthy organizations that do.

May 22, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uighur Activism

How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uighur Activism How the Covid-19 Lockdown Is Reshaping Uighur Activism

After painstaking efforts to get China’s abuse and detention of Uighurs into the headlines, the world began to pay attention. Then the pandemic hit.

May 21, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic

Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic

When Andra Day’s “Rise Up” plays on the hospital loudspeakers, my spirits lift for a moment. But then I remember.

May 21, 2020 / Augie Lindmark

Black Lives MATTER

Black Lives MATTER Black Lives MATTER

Racism kills. #Ahmaud Arbery

May 21, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

You Can’t Mask Stupid

You Can’t Mask Stupid You Can’t Mask Stupid

The very people howling the loudest about reopening—and running around maskless—are the ones making it too dangerous to reopen.

May 21, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump

Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait

The president’s claim that he’s taking a discredited Covid treatment is throwing the media off the real news.

May 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh

PSC-CUNY member

If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’

Employees of New York City’s public colleges are already being hit by the governor’s proposed austerity budget.

May 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Ross Barkan

Stanford campus

How Stanford Lost Its Soul How Stanford Lost Its Soul

A distinguished university known for its embrace of corporate funding has come down with a bad case of Covid-19 contrarianism.

May 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer

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