Bailouts Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Fair. Bailouts Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Fair.
If we are going to make taxpayers bail out big business, we need to insist that they keep workers on payroll—and pay them fairly.
Mar 26, 2020 / Bryce Covert for The Nation
Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality
We talked to the French economist about his new book Capital and Ideology, his thoughts on Covid-19, and more.
Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
‘Maybe if I Had Papers, It Would Have Been Different’: Undocumented During a Pandemic ‘Maybe if I Had Papers, It Would Have Been Different’: Undocumented During a Pandemic
The crisis is putting undocumented and migrant communities in the crosshairs.
Mar 25, 2020 / Heather Gies and John Washington
These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19 These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19
Reopening the economy would put immunocompromised children in danger.
Mar 25, 2020 / Sara Luterman
Our Planet of Missing Beauties Our Planet of Missing Beauties
America’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic mirrors a world that seems to be breaking apart.
Mar 25, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore? The 2020 Games Are Postponed, but Should the Olympics Even Happen at All Anymore?
In the best of times, they bring debt, displacement, pollution, and hyper militarization. In the worst, they are a shocking waste of resources in the name of nationalistic fervor.
Mar 24, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
It’s Time to End the Fed’s ‘Monetary Triage’ It’s Time to End the Fed’s ‘Monetary Triage’
The IMF, not the US, should use its powers to make sure poor nations can afford to beat the coronavirus.
Mar 23, 2020 / David Adler and Andres Arauz
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before
Republicans are pushing through a means-tested, non-universal cash assistance bill. Our podcast explains why that’s a mistake.
Mar 23, 2020 / Francis Reynolds
Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic Trump Toys With a Let-Them-Die Response to the Pandemic
Goaded by the right-wing media, the president is arguing for a dangerous strategy of letting the virus run wild in order to save the economy.
Mar 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism. Want to Fight Covid-19? Save Local Journalism.
Subscribe to a newspaper. Support public and community radio. Strengthen the lines of communication.
Mar 23, 2020 / John Nichols