The Coronavirus Crisis
The Trump Administration Is Waiving the Public’s Right to Affordable Coronavirus Treatments
Amid record unemployment, HHS is doling out more than $1 billion in coronavirus contracts that omit price-gouging safeguards.
Politics
Protests for Black Lives
A North Carolina City Bans Protests, Protecting Confederate Monument
The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office threatened to arrest all protesters in the city of Graham, where a statue of Confederate soldier stands.
J Street Is Facing New Pressure to Back Conditioning Aid to Israel
If J Street puts its lobbying operation to work, a majority of the Democratic caucus could support conditioning aid in response to Israeli annexation.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Airline Industry Blocked Disclosure of Trade Data, Helping Conceal the Airlift of N95 Masks From the U.S. to China
The full scale and scope of what happened — including types of masks shipped, prices, and destinations for the shipments — are still shrouded in mystery.
Voices
Black Lives Matter Wants to End Police Brutality. History Suggests It Will Go Much Further.
The Movement for Black Lives says, “We seek not reform but transformation.” Here’s what that would mean.
Controversial Data-Mining Firm Palantir Vanishes From Biden Adviser's Biography After She Joins Campaign
Within a few days of joining the Biden campaign, the biography of former top intelligence official Avril Haines no longer listed her work for Palantir.
Trump Suggests Navy Sent $5 Billion to Wisconsin Firm to Help Him Win Election
The president told workers at a shipyard that "one of the big factors" in the Navy awarding a contract to their firm was, "your location in Wisconsin."
Protests for Black Lives
After Killing of 18-Year-Old Andres Guardado, LA Protesters Struggle Against the Limits of Police Reform
“The people in power remain in power. ... They’ll let us protest because they know that eventually, the people will get tired of protesting.”
Voices
What Would Jamaal Bowman’s Win Over Pro-Israel Eliot Engel Mean for Palestinian Rights?
Bowman’s ouster of Engel, an influential pro-Israel hawk, is on its own a game-changer. Whether Bowman will be a pro-Palestinian ally is less clear.
Voices
Should the Populist Left Work With the Populist Right Where They Have Common Ground, or Shun Them?
A vital debate erupted last week from a vitriolic exchange between Nathan Robinson and Krystal Ball.