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June 15/22, 2020, Issue

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Editorial

Depicting Those Lost to Covid-19

They were all essential.

Steve Brodner

Remembering Frederika Randall (1948–2020)

The Nation’s longtime Rome correspondent died on May 12.

D.D. Guttenplan

Unemployment Insurance Is a Vital Part of Economic Freedom

Finding a way to provide economic security to our fractured labor force is one of the central goals of our time.

Mike Konczal

New Beginnings: Time to Think Big!

In times of crisis, ideas that were once considered radical can enter the mainstream.

Christopher Shay for The Nation

Little Donald’s Sneeze

Peter Kuper

Column

A Fourth Inspector General Bites the Dust

Calvin Trillin

We Should Take Women’s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade’s Fall Short.

I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade’s account. Fortunately, I don’t have to sacrifice morality to political necessity.

Katha Pollitt

Letters

Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue

Don’t blame the Boasians… Tilting at windmills… Dark recesses… The road already taken… Submerging the valley…

Our Readers

Feature

How to Survive an Apocalypse and Keep Dreaming

As Native people, we have inherited an audacious vision.

Julian Brave NoiseCat

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is a Fight for the Future

Henry Wallace, FDR’s vice president, argued 75 years ago that Democrats had to go big on economic and social and racial justice. That’s still true.

John Nichols

5 Ways to Rebuild Labor and Transform America

The economic fallout from Covid-19 has created an opening for unions to lead a mass movement.

Bill Fletcher Jr.

America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

Now everyone knows teachers, child care providers, and health aides are essential workers. Will that finally get them the pay and protections they deserve?

Bryce Covert

The Suburban Commute Is a Soul-Crushing, Environment-Destroying Invention

The last few months have shown us that we can do away with it forever.

Elie Mystal

We Really Need to Tax the Rich

In California, they’re making it happen.

Jane McAlevey

Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care?

Public health experts hope that the vast scale of the crisis will prompt meaningful political action to counter health inequities, which have been persistent in America for well ov...

Zoë Carpenter