Coronavirus

DEA drug container

Covid-19 Stopped Progress on the Drug Epidemic in Its Tracks Covid-19 Stopped Progress on the Drug Epidemic in Its Tracks

Bold policy changes are needed now to save lives.

Jun 17, 2021 / Joshua Barocas

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

On grief’s unequal racial burden, and the Internet as a vehicle to negotiate survival and turn collective grief into collective action.

Jun 16, 2021 / Malkia Devich-Cyril

Nurse Strike

Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses

Tenet, the for-profit company that owns St. Vincent’s, chose to “improve their cash position” rather than meet the needs of nurses who worked through the pandemic.

Jun 10, 2021 / Dana Simon

There Is No Crisis of Laziness

There Is No Crisis of Laziness There Is No Crisis of Laziness

Republicans seem determined to make workers so financially desperate that they’ll labor for whatever pay employers deign to offer. 

Jun 10, 2021 / Bryce Covert

DC capitol

Democracy on a Ventilator Democracy on a Ventilator

Two crises, two emergency lockdowns, but only one is called a matter of public health.

Jun 9, 2021 / S. Eudora Smith

Stop the Steal

We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet

Trump is gone and the vaccine is here. But there are still roadblocks ahead.

Jun 9, 2021 / John Feffer

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Coronavirus

The Tokyo Olympics Are In Peril The Tokyo Olympics Are In Peril

Staging the Olympics amid a state of emergency and a coronavirus upsurge has led top officials to question whether they should happen at all.

Jun 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Get Back To Work Get Back To Work

The boss is always right.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

COVAX

America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind? America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind?

A foreign policy of global division makes Americans less safe.

Jun 7, 2021 / Stephen Wertheim

Boris Johnson

Covid-19 Is a Boon for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Buds Covid-19 Is a Boon for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Buds

The British government’s latest “test to travel” scheme is providing yet another opportunity for Conservative officials’ friends—like Randox founder Peter FitzGerald—to profit from...

Jun 4, 2021 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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