The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy
For Iran, in particular, sanctions have not merely hobbled the country’s response to the virus but also helped fuel its spread.
Mar 23, 2020 / Annelle Sheline
Ady Barkan to Nancy Pelosi: Put the Least Among Us First Ady Barkan to Nancy Pelosi: Put the Least Among Us First
All taxpayers, including the undocumented, must receive direct cash support.
Mar 23, 2020 / Ady Barkan
Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery
But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.
Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Kali Holloway
From Globalization to Regionalization? From Globalization to Regionalization?
The world after the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be a very different place.
Mar 22, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US? If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?
House members Rosa DeLauro and Mark Pocan have a plan to keep Americans working.
Mar 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Cuba’s Welcome to a Covid-19-Stricken Cruise Ship Reflects a Long Pattern of Global Humanitarian Commitment Cuba’s Welcome to a Covid-19-Stricken Cruise Ship Reflects a Long Pattern of Global Humanitarian Commitment
“Thank you, Cuba…. We will never ever forget that you reached out to us when absolutely nobody, and I mean nobody, else would.’’
Mar 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
What Are US Forces Doing Abroad? We Don’t Necessarily Know. What Are US Forces Doing Abroad? We Don’t Necessarily Know.
Murder, sexual assualt, and other crimes plague our military operations abroad, where thousands of commandos operate with little visibility.
Mar 21, 2020 / Nick Turse
Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp Shines Amid the Coronavirus Crisis Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp Shines Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
The sports world has largely failed to show leadership during this time of international turmoil. Klopp is an exception.
Mar 21, 2020 / Dave Zirin
How South Korea Triumphed, and the US Floundered, Over the Pandemic How South Korea Triumphed, and the US Floundered, Over the Pandemic
Testing, national health care, and transparency saved the day.
Mar 20, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Solidarity Is an Essential Vaccine Solidarity Is an Essential Vaccine
Social distancing should not mean house arrest.
Mar 20, 2020 / Mike Davis