Coronavirus

Why Alaska Native Villages Were Quick To Self-Isolate

Scarred by a legacy of colonial diseases, Alaska tribes quickly cut off the outside world.

Yereth Rosen

A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future

If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.

Hamilton Nolan

Hospital Food Workers and Janitors Are Stuck In a “Death Trap”

Overlooked workers are risking their lives to keep the healthcare system running. Now, they're fighting back.

Kari Lydersen

Under Trump, Undocumented Immigrants With COVID-19 Are Being Denied Care

For immigrants, the coronavirus crisis is becoming a nightmare.

Sabrina Gunter

Let’s Stop the Bailout Fraud Before It Starts

Bill Moyers interviews Neil Barofsky, who as Special Inspector General uncovered rampant corruption in the $700 billion 2008 Wall Street bailout.

Bill Moyers

Is Building Missiles ‘Essential’? The U.S. Government Thinks So.

Some workers in the defense industry question why they're required to stay on the job, and many are worried about safety.

Taylor Barnes

How Disabled Activists Are Fighting Isolation, Collectively

In the Bay Area, mutual aid projects are helping build community in a time of social distancing.

Brooke Anderson

In the Time of Coronavirus, the Decimation of Local News Outlets Could Have Lethal Consequences

Camille Baker

What’s Joe Biden’s Response to Coronavirus? Even He Doesn’t Seem Sure.

Biden's coronavirus response plan doesn't just fall short—it also doesn't match what he's been telling the public.

Branko Marcetic

The Coronavirus Crisis Is Disaster Capitalism In Action. Here’s How the Left Can Respond.

Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offer strategies for resistance and collective action in a time of social distancing.

Amber Colón Núñez

Nationalize Amazon

Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic demands a novel solution: placing the e-commerce giant under public control.

Paris Marx

The Senate’s $2 Trillion Bailout Falls Flat on Worker Protections

The coronavirus financial relief package is packed full of corporate giveaways and lacks basic safeguards for workers and their families.

Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz

We Need a Coronavirus Fiscal Stimulus That’s Bigger Than $2 Trillion. And We Need it Now.

The risk of going too small on stimulus is large, while the risk of going too big is almost nonexistent.

Josh Bivens

30 Socialist Songs and Sayings To Wash Your Hands To

Twenty-second clips of Solidarity Forever, 9 to 5, Joe Hill, Guantanamera, and more.

Lu Zhao

While Mainstream Democrats Fumble, Bernie Sanders Is Modeling a Serious Response to Coronavirus

Democrats make a huge mistake by shying away from a robust material response to the crisis.

Natalie Shure

The Right Way to Give Everyone Cash in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis

For a cash payout plan to work it must be universal, long-lasting and supplemented with other social programs.

Jim Pugh

After Years of Disinvestment, Rural Health Care Systems May Be Ill-Equipped to Cope with an Outbreak

April Simpson