Organizers Push for Stronger Covid-19 Utility Shut-Off Protections as Winter Nears
Thirty-three states have either let their Covid-19 utility moratoriums expire or never passed them at all.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As markets recover, Big Pharma gains power, and governments around the world scramble to contain the pandemic, predatory capitalism moves in for the kill.
Days After Returning to Office, Facebook Content Moderator Contracts Coronavirus
Even as Facebook staff work from home, the content moderators were forced to return to the office amid pandemic fears.
Nancy Pelosi Is Talking to the White House About a Coronavirus Deal, but Won’t Tell Anybody What’s in It
House Democrats haven’t spoken out one way or another, in part because no one has actually seen the text.
Voices
National Security “Experts,” Exploiting Pandemic Fears, Show Their Irrelevance
More than 210,000 Americans are dead in a pandemic that traditional national security experts did little or nothing to warn us about.
Fed Lending Saved Corporate America. It Could Do the Same for Cities and States.
Local budgets are facing a wave of austerity that could be avoided with low-interest lending by the Fed, a new report suggests.
Infected Trump Returns to White House, Risking Lives Just to Shoot Video Pro-Virus PSA
The infected president removed his mask, endangering White House staff to record a video downplaying Covid-19.
Trump Is Hospitalized With Covid-19, Days After Mocking Biden for Wearing a Mask
For months, the president recklessly disregarded mask-wearing, and aides and supporters followed his lead.
A Message From the Future II: The Years of Repair
Can we imagine a better future? If we stop talking about what winning actually looks like, isn’t that the same as giving up?
Excess Mortality Data Shows Trump Is Lying About Covid-19 Being More Deadly in Europe
The president keeps saying the excess death rate during the pandemic is higher in Europe than in the U.S. That's not true.
Prisoners Describe Official Missteps at the Center of Michigan’s Worst Coronavirus Outbreak
People in custody at the Muskegon Correctional Facility say frequent, haphazard transfers contributed to the virus’s spread.