Coronavirus

Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label

When Johnson spreads misinformation about vaccines, he endangers Americans—and makes it harder to end the pandemic.

Jul 6, 2021 / John Nichols

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

As the Delta variant spreads, it’s essential to make it easier for essential workers to get vaccinated—and that begins by giving paid sick leave for the shot.

Jul 1, 2021 / Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas

On One Native American Reservation, Vaccine Hesitancy Has Long Historical Roots

On One Native American Reservation, Vaccine Hesitancy Has Long Historical Roots On One Native American Reservation, Vaccine Hesitancy Has Long Historical Roots

On the Cheyenne River Reservation, the same government that for centuries brutally suppressed Lakota independence is now managing the Covid-19 vaccine drive.

Jul 1, 2021 / Photo Essay / Sarah Stacke

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Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal

“Normal has always been a perilous reality.”

Jun 30, 2021 / Bri M.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’ ‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Jun 30, 2021 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

Empty hospital bed

How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor

Covid-19 has made medical schools more competitive, while also giving students less training.

Jun 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi

Work in Progress

Work in Progress Work in Progress

Making a film together, alone, on two continents, in two languages, in a pandemic.

Jun 23, 2021 / Divad Durant

Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid

Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid Universities Are Slashing Faculties and Blaming Covid

Citing the pandemic, administrators are pushing cuts—despite receiving millions in federal relief funds.

Jun 22, 2021 / StudentNation / Arvind Dilawar

Laptop remote learning

Computer Screens and Pieces of Paper Computer Screens and Pieces of Paper

After a year of remote learning, many college students are reevaluating the value of higher education.

Jun 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie

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