Nafeez Ahmad: The Light at the End
When we emerge, we will have crossed a permanent threshold, from which there is no return, because there is simply no more “normal” to which to return.
Beth Peyton: Physically Distant and Socially Awkward
“You’re not wearing a mask,” you said to the salesclerk.
Karen J. Greenberg: Accountability in Trump’s America
All told, the U.S. president has been a perfect model in deflecting all responsibility, even as the death toll soared over 150,000 with more than four million cases reported nationwide and no end in sight.
Jon Queally: Demands for Kushner to Resign Over Staggering Level of Depravity That Put Politics Before Public Health
Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned a national testing plan because it was *politically advantageous* to sit back and let blue states be eviscerated by the virus.
Lisa Arrastia: Teaching Under Covid
We need a radical plan for the public, even though care for all shouldn’t be such a radical notion.
Lindsay Koshgarian: Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent. Invest in Public Health
At more than $740 billion this year, the Pentagon budget is more than 100 times the budget of the CDC—and more than 1,800 times the U.S. contribution to the World Health Organization that the president has promised to cut.
Tamika C.B. Zapolski, Ukamaka M. Oruche: Racism in Healthcare System Is Costing Black Lives
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the U.S, African Americans are contracting the illness—and dying from it—at rates twice as high as the general population.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Republican lawmakers’ familiar blame game hangs COVID’s spread on young people
Damn Kids!
William Petri, MD: What doctors know about lingering symptoms of coronavirus
Here is a summary of what is known today about recovering from COVID-19, as well as what to expect from lingering effects.
Monica Gandhi: Can people spread the coronavirus if they don’t have symptoms?
5 questions answered about asymptomatic COVID-19
Jane Goodall: Humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19
The famous primatologist calls for an overhaul of food habits to prevent a future pandemic.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Has Adopted a “Viva Death!” Approach to the Presidency
In this interview, Chomsky provides insight on how we can best grapple with the current moment – and prepare for the sobering future.
Gaby Garcia: Heat
When the world burns, we will be like the women
of Pompeii who left their bread loaves to bake—
our laundry mid-cycle, newspapers turned
to the op-eds, windows open to catch a breeze.
Jamie Rowan: Memorial Day | Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic
An estimated 45,000 veterans are homeless on any given night, and 181,500 veterans are in prison or jail.
