Prison Officials in Kansas Ignored the Pandemic. Then People Started Dying.
For weeks, officials at Lansing Correctional Facility dismissed the coronavirus threat. Then almost 900 incarcerated men contracted Covid-19.
2,966 posts found for ‘Best’
Operation Legend Is Bringing Surveillance Tech to Cities
Using federal grants, cities are contracting with companies that hack smartphones and detect gunshots.
“We Need a Radical Reconstruction of This System”: In Boston, a Black Colombian Scientist Protests Against the Racism Pandemic
“Everyone is rallying to find a vaccine for this virus. But for so long, no one cared to find a vaccine for the racial pandemic," said health care scientist Hugo Caicedo.
Trump Sets Up Pharma Billionaires for Coronavirus Payday
Regeneron’s federally funded Covid-19 treatment, which was used to treat Donald Trump, will likely be unavailable to most patients.
A Climate Dystopia in Northern California
California’s divided and fire-scarred cities, reeling from climate disasters, need a Green New Deal.
Weak State: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed America’s Dysfunctional Democracy
Guest host Murtaza Hussain is joined by military expert David Kilcullen and Indian author Pankaj Mishra.
Stealing Children to Steal the Land
Naomi Klein speaks to the legendary Manuel family about the uncovering of a mass grave of 215 Indigenous children.
Carl Reiner’s Life Should Remind Us: If You Like Laughing, Thank FDR and the New Deal
Reiner, Stephen Colbert, Jordan Peele, Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Their comedy descends directly from the Works Progress Administration.
A Woman Died of Covid-19 in a New Jersey Prison After Begging to Be Let Out of a Locked Shower
Tiffany Mofield’s death highlights prison officials’ indifference to the health of incarcerated people in a state where 37 have died of Covid-19.
FBI Counterterrorism Informant Spent a Decade Committing Fraud
While working to ensnare Muslims in FBI stings, Mohammed Agbareia preyed on the Islamic community as a con man.