Health Care

Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Love in the Time of Coronavirus Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Exercising social distancing while taking care of each other, crucial to control the Covid19 pandemic.

Mar 19, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

A man wearing a facemask sits in front of a Tokyo 2020 advertisement

Why Haven’t the Olympics Been Canceled Yet? Why Haven’t the Olympics Been Canceled Yet?

What has been obvious to the rest of the sports world for days, if not weeks, still has not penetrated the ivory tower of the International Olympic Committee or the leaders in Japa...

Mar 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

A worker cleans seat after Covid-19 cancellation

‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton ‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton

The leading anthropologist, academic, and analyst of sports and disease offers an unsparing assessment of the sports world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 17, 2020 / Dave Zirin

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

A global pandemic coinciding with a presidential campaign is the time to make the case for boosting the closest thing America has to an immune system: our social safety net.

Mar 17, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bernie’s Sweater

Bernie’s Sweater Bernie’s Sweater

Knitting progress. “Bernie 2020” “Health care is a human right.” “Medicare for All.” “While the rest can’t fathom why Bernie cares if we live or die.”

Mar 17, 2020 / OppArt / Karen Schumacher

A volunteer speaks to an older voter through a glass door.

How to Canvass During a Pandemic How to Canvass During a Pandemic

Progressive insurgents are reimagining their campaigns thanks to the coronavirus. 

Mar 17, 2020 / Ross Barkan

With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air

We’re seeing the steady erosion of everything familiar, the implosion of communal space, the sense that everyone, every surface, could be the enemy.

Mar 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

The Free Market Will Save Us From the Coronavirus!

The Free Market Will Save Us From the Coronavirus! The Free Market Will Save Us From the Coronavirus!

The invisible hand is in control of this pandemic.

Mar 17, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus

Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus

The pandemic lays bare how American politicians have ignored the past and its injustices. It’s time for repentance, not just prayer.

Mar 15, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers

An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers

A leaked Customs and Border Protection directive allows the agency to actively surveil and detain individuals suspected of carrying the illness—indefinitely.

Mar 12, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

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