Coronavirus

A mobile Covid test site in Times Square

Covid Is Here to Stay. This Is How We Should Respond. Covid Is Here to Stay. This Is How We Should Respond.

Learning to live with Covid-19 is not an individual state of mind.

Sep 17, 2021 / Column / Abdullah Shihipar

Rent Graffiti

We Are on the Precipice of a Housing Disaster We Are on the Precipice of a Housing Disaster

The average household debt burden has only grown during the pandemic—where is the legislative action?

Sep 17, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Tents of asylum-seekers at the Southern border of the US

Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever

Migrants are facing even more restrictions in the Covid era—and thanks to lack of vaccine access in lower-income countries, they will be less likely to meet them.

Sep 15, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Carson Wentz playing football

Unvaxxed Quarterback Carson Wentz Wants Your Trust Unvaxxed Quarterback Carson Wentz Wants Your Trust

If the Colts players and fans trusted him before, he has now relinquished the right to any such dispensation.

Sep 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime? What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime?

That’s the one where all the problems keep not getting fixed.

Sep 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

The Politics of Viruses

The Politics of Viruses The Politics of Viruses

Carl Zimmer and what popular science writing often misses.

Sep 7, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Carr

The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.

Aug 30, 2021 / Feature / Eamon Whalen

Rep. Cori Bush

Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium

She lit a fire under the Biden administration to keep people in their homes, but the Supreme Court ruling has renewed the housing crisis.

Aug 27, 2021 / John Nichols

Jeff Bezos

Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits

In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.

Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick

How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick

Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s Inflamed argues that the human cost of our economic system is a key to understanding the health of the world.

Aug 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

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