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How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic

How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic

There are lots of ways for the Trump administration to cook the data to hide the extent of the coronavirus outbreak—in fact, it already is doing so.

Mar 31, 2020 / Sonia Shah

Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination

Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Imagination

What can we learn from the novelist’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale?

Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Katherine Hill

As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action

As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action

Progressive ideas on housing, health care access, wage subsidies, and more are entering the mainstream at a startling pace.

Mar 31, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Now Is Not the Time to Start an Arms Race

Now Is Not the Time to Start an Arms Race Now Is Not the Time to Start an Arms Race

As the coronavirus spreads, Congress still has to review the Pentagon’s defense budget request.

Mar 31, 2020 / Michael T. Klare

Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent

Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent Our Public Servants Maintain Normalcy by Being Regular Incompetent

Coronavirus’s impact on American lives deepens.

Mar 31, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

It’s Time to Stop Our Wasteful Military Spending

It’s Time to Stop Our Wasteful Military Spending It’s Time to Stop Our Wasteful Military Spending

If ever there was a time to reduce our massive and unnecessary military spending, this is it.

Mar 31, 2020 / William Astore

Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess

Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess

The governor’s position on health care spending looked starkly different a couple of months ago.

Mar 30, 2020 / Ross Barkan

Richard Epstein

All the President’s Crackpots All the President’s Crackpots

Richard A. Epstein’s crank theories about the coronavirus are influential thanks to a powerful network of right-wing legal activists.

Mar 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer

As the Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Gun Sales Soar

As the Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Gun Sales Soar As the Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Gun Sales Soar

“Coming storm”: In the United States, gun violence is already a public health epidemic.

Mar 30, 2020 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Two people walking past the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Out From Under ‘the Economy’ Out From Under ‘the Economy’

Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.

Mar 30, 2020 / Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna Gopalan

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