Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic
Goaded by the right-wing media, the president is arguing for a dangerous strategy of letting the virus run wild in order to save the economy.
Mar 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse Deportations Are Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Overcrowded detention facilities in the US risk exporting the virus to Central America.
Mar 23, 2020 / Gaby Del Valle and Jack Herrera
At War With Ourselves At War With Ourselves
Coronavirus threatens our health and our liberty.
Mar 23, 2020 / OppArt / Anthony Freda
Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism. Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism.
Subscribe to a newspaper. Support public and community radio. Strengthen the lines of communication.
Mar 23, 2020 / John Nichols
Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia
Not long ago, a poor black man charged with the murder of a wealthy white man wouldn’t have a chance at justice. Times have changed.
Mar 23, 2020 / Feature / Ernest Owens
The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Mar 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
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