Coronavirus

When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19

When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19 When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19

Why is the capital of one of the most progressive states in the country so backward when it comes to public health?

Jun 18, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health

Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health

Brazil’s president and Argentina’s Alberto Fernández offer opposing visions of politics in the age of Covid-19.

Jun 18, 2020 / Jacob Sugarman

Mural

The First Wave of Covid-19 Isn’t Over Yet The First Wave of Covid-19 Isn’t Over Yet

Even with a competent president, we’d still be in deep trouble.

Jun 17, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Food for Hard Times and Pleasure—Kimchee Out of Anything

Food for Hard Times and Pleasure—Kimchee Out of Anything Food for Hard Times and Pleasure—Kimchee Out of Anything

Scenes from a pandemic: 12

Jun 17, 2020 / Scot Nakagawa

A cell block of Cummins Unit

Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak

Inmates say guards treated them like “lepers” as Covid-19 tore through the penitentiary.

Jun 17, 2020 / Molly Minta

Petroleum factory with an American flag on front

The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid

The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.

Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García

The Black Lives Matter Protests Are a Tipping Point in US History

The Black Lives Matter Protests Are a Tipping Point in US History The Black Lives Matter Protests Are a Tipping Point in US History

Will America inch closer to its long-articulated ideals, or are we on the brink of a Trumpian backlash?

Jun 16, 2020 / Nick Turse

NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott

NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott

A debate heats up among NBA players over whether to return to the court amid nationwide protests against racist violence.

Jun 16, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Stephen Miller

Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List

With new rules targeting undocumented students and asylum-seekers, the Trump administration continues to lash out at immigrants.

Jun 16, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19

How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19 How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19

The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?

Jun 16, 2020 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

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