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The Coronavirus Connection The Coronavirus Connection
Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change—and Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of the destruction.
Mar 18, 2020 / Covering Climate Now
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Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt
Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.
Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams
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‘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
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As the Lights Go Down in New York City As the Lights Go Down in New York City
What will still be here, once we’re allowed to go out again?
Mar 17, 2020 / Joan Walsh
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Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is? Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is?
In the absence of a serious federal response, it’s up to the 50 state governors, and numerous localities, to figure this out on their own.
Mar 17, 2020 / Elie Mystal
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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
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Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic
Support low-income, incarcerated, homeless, and undocumented people confronting the harshest effects of the crisis.
Mar 17, 2020 / NationAction
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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
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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