We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers
Let’s tax billionaires—and übermillionaires—back to where they stood when Covid-19 hit.
Feb 4, 2022 / John Nichols
Why Wishful Thinking on Covid Remains As Dangerous as Ever Why Wishful Thinking on Covid Remains As Dangerous as Ever
Pundits urging us to treat Covid “like the flu” or pushing “the urgency of normal” are just variations of the siren song of surrender to needless death and preventable disease.
Feb 3, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To
The interim report into British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flagrant disregard of his own lockdown rules was devastating. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be forced out of office. At...
Feb 3, 2022 / Gary Younge
In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave
With the country in the throes of the deadliest Covid wave yet, American workers are back to having no federally mandated paid sick leave.
Feb 3, 2022 / Bryce Covert
The 2 Pandemics Ravaging America The 2 Pandemics Ravaging America
They’re both taking our country apart at the seams.
Feb 3, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
The Limits of Understanding the Pandemic Philosophically The Limits of Understanding the Pandemic Philosophically
Byung-Chul Han’s The Palliative Society tries to contextualize the emotional and cultural ramifications of Covid-19 without ever addressing its material consequences.
Feb 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson
Ron Johnson’s Reelection Strategy Is to Amplify Covid Conspiracy Theories Ron Johnson’s Reelection Strategy Is to Amplify Covid Conspiracy Theories
The Wisconsinite is using the Senate as a platform to amplify discredited doctors who are more worried about vaccines than Covid.
Jan 28, 2022 / John Nichols
ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger. ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger.
The Biden administration is placing millions of incarcerated people—including over 20,000 who are in ICE detention—at risk of a Covid-19 illness, disability, and death.
Jan 25, 2022 / Sophia Gurulé and Abdullah Shihipar
“If These Demands Are Not Met, We Will Be Striking by Not Attending School” “If These Demands Are Not Met, We Will Be Striking by Not Attending School”
An interview with Ayleen Serrano and Nikayla Dean, organizers of Oakland’s student Covid protests.
Jan 24, 2022 / Q&A / Eoin Higgins
How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine? How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine?
All parents are struggling during the pandemic, but those with kids too young to be vaccinated are barely holding on.
Jan 21, 2022 / Regina Mahone