Science and Health

Mike Pence

Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling

Americans needs to get the message about masks, but the president’s too busy promoting white supremacists.

Jun 30, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

As the Pandemic Rages On, the Right Continues Playing Dumb As the Pandemic Rages On, the Right Continues Playing Dumb

Some people really want “I miss Aunt Jemima” to be the hill they die on.

Jun 30, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Virus

Virus Virus

Kulture klubs.

Jun 26, 2020 / OppArt / Glen Le Lievre

Trump

‘I Got Nicer Everything,’ Says Man Who Ruins All He Touches ‘I Got Nicer Everything,’ Says Man Who Ruins All He Touches

The CDC head says the pandemic has “brought the nation to its knees.” Meanwhile, Trump is talking about his hair.

Jun 26, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Sex and the Stricken City: In Praise of Proximity

Sex and the Stricken City: In Praise of Proximity Sex and the Stricken City: In Praise of Proximity

The politics of fear is potent, but it may be losing its grip

Jun 26, 2020 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

Jewelle Gomez

A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself

Scenes from a pandemic: 13

Jun 24, 2020 / Jewelle Gomez

Trump's Tulsa rally

The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It. The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It.

In Tulsa, the president says zilch about Covid-19 deaths, and a lot about his walk down that ramp at West Point.

Jun 23, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Boris Johnson

How to Destroy a National Health Service How to Destroy a National Health Service

Over several decades, a toxic combination of underfunding and stealth privatization efforts have brought Britain’s widely beloved NHS to its knees.

Jun 22, 2020 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Kids

ICE Detention Centers Are Covid-19 Hotbeds ICE Detention Centers Are Covid-19 Hotbeds

Pence claims the pandemic is on its way out. The numbers tell a different story, both in and outside of prisons.

Jun 19, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans

Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans

A decade of inaction on climate change has put even more lives at risk.

Jun 18, 2020 / Dean Russell, Elisabeth Gawthrop, Veronica Penney, Ali Raj, and Bridget Hickey

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