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
The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism
It’s time for every major media outlet to stop disseminating Trump’s hate—and stop repeating his racist nicknames for the virus.
Mar 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them. Fox News Has Always Lied to Old People. This Time It May Kill Them.
The pandemic makes obvious what has long been true: Fox News is dangerous.
Mar 20, 2020 / Eric Alterman
Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar
Trump isn’t up to the job of managing a crisis. We need a work-around.
Mar 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Fueling Extinction Fueling Extinction
Business as Usual = Planetary Disaster