Psychological Torture: ICE Responds to Covid-19 With Solitary Confinement
U.S. immigration detainees say they’re scared to report coronavirus symptoms for fear of solitary confinement.
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.
Kids May Be Using Laptops Made With Forced Labor This Fall
The Lenovo computers were manufactured under a Chinese government program to provide cheap labor from persecuted Uyghurs.
SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden Banned From Delta Air Lines for Not Wearing Coronavirus Mask
Robert O’Neill, a coronavirus skeptic who mocks mask-wearing, tweeted a photo of himself on a Delta flight without a face covering.
Inside the Prison Where California's Coronavirus Outbreak Exploded
For Donald O’Brien, life at the California Institution for Men seemed a step closer to freedom. Then came the coronavirus.
White House Plants Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Among Reporters in Briefing Room
At every briefing this week, the president took a question from a website dedicated to smearing his political rivals.
Cuban Man Died of Coronavirus in Private Prison Plagued by Medical Neglect
The Michigan facility, run by GEO Group, was the site of at least one other coronavirus-related death.
How Covid-19 Is Transforming Culture and Media in the United States
This week on System Update, guest host Murtaza Hussain talks to Nesrine Malik and Yair Rosenberg about the lasting cultural impact of the pandemic.
Ravaged by Covid-19, Polluted Communities Demand Environmental Justice
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the corrosive legacy of environmental racism in the United States.
Nursing Home Magnate Cozied Up to Trump as Deaths Rose in His Facilities
Nursing homes linked to major Trump donor Eliezer Scheiner received over $27 million in Covid-19 funds even as residents died amid poor conditions.
ICE Resisted Coronavirus Testing to Avoid Releasing Detainees
Emails from a California detention center show ICE limited testing because it didn’t have space to isolate detainees.