We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis
As the coronavirus has spread, public officials have spent a lot of time urging people to wear a mask and socially distance, when they can’t stay home—and offered not much else.
Dec 9, 2020 / Abdullah Shihipar
Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat
President-elect Joe Biden must meet our challenges through deeds. But words also matter.
Dec 8, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We’re Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe We’re Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe
Trump’s malevolent mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis has been compounded by ineptitude at the state level.
Dec 8, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Indigenous Cultures Take Root in New York Indigenous Cultures Take Root in New York
The traditional systems of mutual support that undergird many Indigenous Central and North American cultures have formed a safety net during a very dark time in New York City’s his...
Dec 8, 2020 / Photo Essay / Cinthya Santos Briones and Magnum Foundation
Georgia Senate Peach Georgia Senate Peach
Fundraising hell-raising.
Dec 7, 2020 / OppArt / Melinda Beck
Waiting on the Vaccine Waiting on the Vaccine
As cases rise, urgency grows.
Dec 5, 2020 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
Special Duty Special Duty
Detachment of troops. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 30.
Dec 4, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Still Essential Still Essential
Recognizing essential workers. Essentially Brooklyn mural, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, 2020.
Dec 4, 2020 / OppArt / Los Muralistas de El Puente
Senator Manchin, Your Faith Teaches You Better Than This Senator Manchin, Your Faith Teaches You Better Than This
I am ashamed of this nation. I know you want to do the right thing, and Republicans are tying your hands, but please don’t call this a “centrist plan.”
Dec 4, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II