In West African Coronavirus Hot Spot, War Has Left 700,000 Homeless and Exposed
Burkina Faso has endured poverty, drought, hunger, and coups. Now experts fear that Covid-19 could decimate entire settlements of the country's displaced.
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.
Charles Koch Network Pushed $1 Billion Cut to CDC, Now Attacks Shelter-in-Place Policies for Harming Business
Americans for Prosperity, a pro-corporate group, wants employees to return to work despite desperate pleas from public health officials to the contrary.
Abortion Providers File Emergency Lawsuit Challenging Texas Coronavirus Restrictions
The lawsuit condemns Texas’s “blatant effort to exploit a public health crisis to advance an extreme, anti-abortion agenda.”
Voices
The Pandemic Could Overwhelm the Insurance Industry. We Must Expand Tricare for Everybody Who Needs It
Our status quo health insurance system simply can’t survive a pandemic. The choice is a bailout — or a one-page piece of legislation that expands Tricare to everybody.
Deconstructed Podcast
Is the Trump Cult a Death Cult?
Adam Serwer and Mehdi Hasan discuss the president’s continuing refusal to prioritize American lives over stock market performance.
Gilead Sciences Backs Off Monopoly Claim for Promising Coronavirus Drug
On Monday, the FDA awarded Gilead seven years of exclusive marketing rights to a promising coronavirus treatment through the Orphan Drug Act.
Mehdi Hasan and Jeremy Scahill on Coronavirus, the "Bailout," and the 2020 Election
Hasan and Scahill spoke live on March 25, 2020.
America’s Crisis Daddy Andrew Cuomo Exploits Coronavirus Panic to Push Bail Reform Rollback in New York
The New York governor wants to shove through legislation that would put more people in jails, where they are highly vulnerable to coronavirus infections.
Trump's Deadly Mistake in Comparing Coronavirus to Flu
While the number of flu cases and deaths are estimates, Covid-19 cases and deaths are documented only if there is a positive result on a lab test.
Intercepted Podcast
Capitalist Death Panels: If Corporate Vultures Get Their Way, We’ll Be Dead
Matt Bruenig of People's Policy Project and Premal Dharia, founder of Defender Impact Initiative, are this week’s guests.