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USPS worker with gloves and mask crosses street amid coronavirus outbreak in LA

The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down

Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.

Mar 27, 2020 / Jake Bittle

A sanitation worker hauls recycling bags in Beavercreek, Ohio.

If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works

Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.

Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan

Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers

Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers Congratulations, Your Kids Are Now Your Coworkers

Tips on how to survive the lockdown with your children and sanity intact—by a veteran of working from home.

Mar 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Candi Brings Plenty prays outside SD capitol

To Stop Anti-Trans Legislation, Abolish the Settler State To Stop Anti-Trans Legislation, Abolish the Settler State

Candi Brings Plenty, a two-spirit activist, is redefining indigenous justice.

Mar 27, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

Nurses in protective gear stand outside a tent labelled

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19

Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.

Mar 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Aerial view image of the Pentagon.

This Pandemic Is Exposing the Futility of the National Security State This Pandemic Is Exposing the Futility of the National Security State

Don’t tell the CIA, but the principal threats to our collective well-being are right here where we live.

Mar 27, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich

US Army soldiers at US-Mexico border

The Coronavirus Is Trump’s Latest Excuse to Militarize the Border The Coronavirus Is Trump’s Latest Excuse to Militarize the Border

Leaked documents show Customs and Border Protection requested more than 1,500 extra troops to guard the Canadian and Mexican borders.

Mar 26, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Wuhan volunteers

The Crisis in Wuhan ‘Forced Me to Become Political’ The Crisis in Wuhan ‘Forced Me to Become Political’

As the city prepares to reopen after two months of lockdown, a resident shares why she’ll never see Chinese society the same way again.

Mar 26, 2020 / Jessie Lau

Three men in suits walk down a hallway of the Capitol building.

How Progressive Is the Stimulus? How Progressive Is the Stimulus?

A massive cash bailout is necessary in the short term—but we need a longer-term vision to fix the flaws in our economy. 

Mar 26, 2020 / Joelle Gamble

Puzzle No. 3529

Puzzle No. 3529 Puzzle No. 3529

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Eastern yogi, originally in Asian capital, had a meal before beginning to read our message for Nation cryptic solve…

Mar 26, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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