Peter Lake: Failing the State
Rickety, broken even, as American government and society in many ways are, they have not, until of late, been simply failed. Rather they have been, and are being, failed by the Trump administration and the Republican Party
Zoe Weill: What We Choose to Eat Has Everything to Do With This Pandemic—and the Next One
COVID-19, the environment, and animal suffering all point to the same conclusion.
F. Douglas Stephenson: Some Medieval Towns Handled Plagues Better Than Trump’s Unequal, Rundown America
Even by historical standards, the U.S. president is an abysmal failure.
Video: Praise Song for the Pandemic
Blessed are those in grief, especially who mourn alone, blessed are those who have passed into the Great Night
Michael Simms: Bored in quarantine? Here are 43 things to do to keep yourself entertained
Re-arrange your sock drawer in a way that pleases your socks. Remember, it’s not always about you!
Abby Zimet: First Do No Harm, Or Wait Maybe Just A Little If It’s Good For Our Ratings
A new study has found that the Fox-and-Trump-touted malaria drug hydroxychloroquine not only didn’t benefit COVID-19 patients, but killed more of them than those given standard care.
Steve Sweeney: Vietnam ships 450,000 protective suits for U.S. health care workers
A statement from the U.S. embassy in Hanoi confirmed that the first batch of supplies arrived in the U.S.’s national strategic stockpile on April 8.
Rebecca Gordon: Strange Attractors
On Being Addicted to Trump and His Press Conferences
Nicholaos Jones: At times of suffering, the greatest gift is accompaniment by another
To accompany another is to give companionship against despair, dissonance and desolation.
Kathryn McKinley: How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities to today’s pandemic
The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role, with a combination of job security, access to health care and mobility … Continue reading
Jeffrey D. Sachs: Why the US Has the World’s Highest Number of Covid-19 Deaths
Unlike China, which turned to its public health experts, Trump turned to Vice President Mike Pence and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Thousands of Americans are dying unnecessarily as a result and … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: Murderous Fail After Fail
So yes: Trump has blood on his tiny, stubby, murderous hands.
Video: W.C. Williams reads ‘By the road to the contagious hospital’
They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. All about them
the cold, familiar wind-
Patricia A. Nugent: Have a Heart
“Ya kinda don’t want to mess with heart issues,” she said. “Our patients realize the heart is an either/or proposition. They want it working right. Especially now.”
