Coronavirus

The Real Reason Why the WHO Waited Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic

The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic.

Vijay Prashad

In Montana, Food Banks Battle Surging Demand and Shifting Supply Chains

Joseph Bullington

“An Essential Procedure”: How Abortion Providers Are Persevering Through the Pandemic

In the face of Covid-19, clinics are continuing to provide safe abortions at a safe distance.

Jessica Corbett

The South May Suffer the Largest Share of Covid-19 Misery. Here’s Why.

Christine Vestal

As Oil Plummets, Climate Activists Say Now Is the Time to Mobilize for a Green New Deal

Earth Day is more important now than ever. Here's how the climate movement is getting organized.

Christine MacDonald

Capitalism Is Failing Its Coronavirus Stress Test—Only Workers Can Turn Things Around

Corporations will only do the right thing if we make them.

Labor leaders

Would We Already Have Had a COVID-19 Vaccine Under Socialism?

Debunking the myth that capitalism drives innovation.

Vanessa A. Bee

Would We Already Have Had a COVID-19 Vaccine Under Socialism?

Debunking the myth that capitalism drives innovation.

Vanessa A. Bee

Want to Push Biden Left? Focus on These Appointments.

Appointments will have a major impact on whether a potential Biden administration delivers on progressive policies. Here's what the Left should push for now.

Eleanor Eagan

A Primer on Disaster Capitalism, Our New Normal

When a crisis occurs, the private sector often uses it as a distraction to push through its own agenda.

In These Times Editors

Corporations Are Not Letting This Crisis Go to Waste

As the pandemic wreaks chaos, corporations and the GOP are following the shock doctrine playbook.

Jeremy Mohler

This Is a Health Crisis—Stop Treating It Like a War

Even by his standards, Trump is a terrible wartime president

Joel Bleifuss

The Democrats’ Timid COVID-19 Response Does Not Bode Well for the Climate

The Democrats want us to believe they'll act fast on climate if in power, but they've proven themselves slow in a crisis.

Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson

Black Women’s Livelihoods Will Be Yet Another Coronavirus Casualty

For many reasons, Black women are particularly hurt by the virus's economic toll.

Chandra Thomas Whitfield

The Pandemic Could Hit New Farmers Hard, Just When We Need Them Most

Tamara J. Benjamin

As the Pandemic Shakes Commodity Markets, Battered Ecosystems Get an Eerie Reprieve

Ashoka Mukpo

As a Domestic Violence Survivor, I Don’t Always Feel Safer at Home

Shelter in place orders can remind those of us with C-PTSD of past times we were trapped.

Anna Joy Springer

The Future Belongs to the Movement Sparked by Bernie Sanders

By advancing a bold left agenda and putting capitalism on trial, Sanders ignited a movement that will redefine American politics.

Miles Kampf-Lassin