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Covid-19
August 17, 2020
Libby Watson
Democrats Are So Worried About the Postal Service That They Might Finally Do Something
Too bad they don’t see similar urgency in the millions of unemployed Americans who face another week without $600 in assistance.
August 13, 2020
Katherine Stewart
Betsy DeVos’s Plot to Enrich Private Schools Amid the Pandemic
The secretary of education wants religious schools to flourish at the public system’s expense; and she’s doing it under the cover of the coronavirus crisis.
August 13, 2020
Magazine
Win McCormack
Self-Interest, Wrongly Understood
Covid-19 and the limits of individual liberty
August 10, 2020
Melody Schreiber
Can Platform Vaccines Really Save Us?
Platform vaccines for the coronavirus will take longer than the president thinks. But if we invest now, they could prevent pandemics in the future.
August 10, 2020
Magazine
Frank Trentmann
The Unequal Future of Consumption
How the Covid lockdown is reconfiguring the nexus of getting and spending
August 7, 2020
Libby Watson
The Deadly Coronavirus Vaccine Gold Rush
America is putting an awful lot of trust in a pharmaceutical industry that hasn’t earned it.
July 31, 2020
Alex Shephard
Conservative Media Is Really Struggling With the Possibility That Trump Killed Herman Cain
The idea that Cain’s death shouldn't be politicized is absurd—and impossible.
July 31, 2020
Francisco Pérez
,
Luis Feliz Leon
The End of Housing as We Know It
In the face of compounding crises, tenants and housing organizers see an opportunity to pry open the real estate industry’s grip on our cities.
July 30, 2020
Joseph Osmundson
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Patrick Nathan
Covid-19 and the Limits of American Moral Reasoning
The “war on coronavirus” is lost. It's time for new pandemic metaphors—and a radically new culture of care.
July 29, 2020
Zachary Siegel
The Coronavirus Is Blowing Up Our Best Response to the Opioid Crisis
“Any gains we made in funding for health departments, syringe exchanges, naloxone distribution—it’s all at risk.”
July 27, 2020
Nick Martin
It Was Insane to Restart Sports in America
The Miami Marlins are dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak, and the NBA is flirting with disaster in its “bubble.” What did team owners think would happen?
July 27, 2020
Susie Armitage
The Growing Fight Against the School Death Trap
Teachers, bus drivers, health aides, and other school workers are organizing against a culture that is trying to feed them into the jaws of the pandemic.
July 24, 2020
Katie McDonough
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J.C. Pan
What $600 Can Do
Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.
July 24, 2020
Melody Schreiber
The Limits of Mask Ordinances
Masks are important. But there are a lot of indoor risks that recent mask mandates don’t address.
July 23, 2020
Melody Schreiber
Here’s What It Would Take to Reopen Schools Safely
A deep dive into what the research says about the question on every parent’s mind
July 22, 2020
Nick Martin
How to Make a Deadly Pandemic in Indian Country
From the 1918 Spanish flu to Covid-19, broken treaties have been the foundation of health crises among Native people.
July 16, 2020
Casey Taylor
The Ethical Dilemma of My Parents’ Death Wish
They wanted to see their grandchildren, despite the risk of catching the coronavirus. I couldn’t say no.
July 15, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Anthony Fauci Is Not Our Savior
He may be wildly more popular than Trump, but he can’t rescue America from the ignorance and incompetence of the Trump White House.
July 15, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Long War on Objectivity
What enabled the rise of today’s right-wing media empire?
July 14, 2020
Nick Martin
Ivanka Trump and Lockheed Martin Want You to Reach for the Stars and Stop Collecting Unemployment
The nation is slowly collapsing, and the best the White House could come up with was a repackaged version of “shoot your shot.”
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