Coronavirus

We Should Own the Internet—Not Silicon Valley Oligarchs

It’s time to stop treating high-speed internet as a luxury commodity and instead place it under democratic and public control.

Thomas M. Hanna and Isaiah J. Poole 

Sioux Tribes Are Protecting Their People from Pandemic. The Governor Is Trying to Stop Them

Stephanie Woodard

The Covid-19 Crisis Shows Why Food Should Be a Human Right

With lines at food banks stretching for miles, the need has never been clearer to guarantee food to all U.S. residents.

Paul J. Baicich

Time for Progressives to Seize the Means of Production of House Relief Bills

Pelosi’s bill proves Democratic leadership won’t do what needs to be done.

Hamilton Nolan

10 Signs That Prove Big Pharma Could Care Less About Your Health

Drug companies are lobbying to protect their right to profit from any future Covid-19 vaccine.

Dayton Martindale

Give Every Child a $1,000 Trust Account and the Next Crisis Won’t Be So Bad

To weather the economic wreckage of the Covid-19 crisis—and prepare for future disasters—we should enact a Just Futures Fund.

Jim Pugh

Meat Factory Work is Dangerous in Normal Times. The Same Conditions Spread Covid-19

Michael Haedicke

SARS Lessons Lost

What the United States should have learned from SARS—and blatantly ignored.

Indigo Olivier

Democratic Socialist Officials Lay Out Demands for Local Government Responses to Covid-19

A just response to the pandemic requires centering working people. Here's where to start.

Democratic Socialist Elected Officials

The President Is Goading Anti-Lockdown Militias to Violence

We must not overlook the danger of Trump's signaling.

Max Elbaum

The U.S. Response to Covid-19 Has Lavished Wealth on the Rich

While the pandemic ravages American workers, the federal government has orchestrated a monumental transfer of wealth from the bottom of the economic ladder to the top.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Look at How Much Sense It Makes to Do the Green New Deal Right Now

We can get out of this depression and save the planet all at once.

Sarah Lazare

EPA Gives Agribusiness Giant Syngenta a Pass on Pesticide Monitoring Due to Covid-19 Concerns

Johnathan Hettinger

The Absolute Minimum That Democrats Should Demand In the Next Stimulus

The next stimulus package must include aid to state and local governments, protections for employed and unemployed workers, and investments in our democracy.

Celine McNicholas, Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz

A Mask Shortage Could Leave Farmers and Farm Workers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides

Melanie Bateman

Congress: Either Come Babysit My Kids, or Cancel My Rent

I’m a mother of 6-year-old twins and like millions of other Americans, I can't pay rent—so I'm going on a rent strike.

Jenay Manley

Don’t Believe the Debt Hawks—More Stimulus Is the Only Path to Recovery

Fear-mongering over the deficit is the absolute wrong approach to the Covid-19 crisis.

Josh Bivens

A Federal Jobs Program for Contact Tracing

To safely reopen the economy, we need a public health corps. Here's how to build it.

Dayton Martindale