Cuomo’s Administration Faces Questioning Over Its Handling of Nursing Home Covid Deaths Cuomo’s Administration Faces Questioning Over Its Handling of Nursing Home Covid Deaths
Democratic and Republican lawmakers want to know why the state’s Department of Health counts deaths so strangely.
Aug 10, 2020 / Ross Barkan
Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19? Could Wonder Woman Save Us From Covid-19?
Our leaders are as bad as any comic book villain. But even they might be no match for Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth—or Spider-man’s web shooters or Shuri’s brain.
Aug 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News? What Happens When Covid-19 Becomes Old News?
News cycles have historically tended to forget ongoing disasters, from the polio outbreak to our various endless wars. The same could happen with this pandemic.
Aug 7, 2020 / Patrick Cockburn
Russia Needs a New Gorbachev Russia Needs a New Gorbachev
A dialogue between the Russian government and people protesting in the streets is still possible.
Aug 7, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning The NCAA Finally Faces a Reckoning
The pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and a long-thwarted push for economic justice has players on the march and the NCAA on defense.
Aug 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin
The Complete Dysfunction of the GOP Is on Full Display The Complete Dysfunction of the GOP Is on Full Display
The wrangling over the Covid-19 stimulus package is boiling down to the president’s petty grievances and the Republicans’ small-government hobbyhorses.
Aug 6, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
Biden, Just Say Yes on Medicare for All! Biden, Just Say Yes on Medicare for All!
Covid-19 gives you the perfect reason to change your mind.
Aug 6, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
There Will Be No Return to Normality There Will Be No Return to Normality
Nostalgia might help Joe Biden win the presidency, but the crisis he’ll face will require boldness.
Aug 5, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Time for Some #WearADamnMask Politics Time for Some #WearADamnMask Politics
The only sane response to Republican insanity is for Democrats to promote an in-your-face—and on-your-face—public health agenda in 2020.
Aug 5, 2020 / John Nichols