Coronavirus

The U.S. Spent 7.5 Times More on Nuclear Weapons Than Global Vaccine Donations

Since the pandemic started, the United States has prioritized funding for nuclear arms and the military over global vaccines.

Sarah Lazare

Under Biden, Private Detention Isn’t Ending—It’s Changing Form

The Biden administration promised to end private prisons. Instead, it has allowed them to be converted into immigration detention facilities.

Joshua Leach and Hannah Hafter

Rashida Tlaib: Here’s Where Biden’s SOTU Fell Short

With a stroke of a pen, President Biden could improve lives for millions of working people. To strengthen the state of the union, now is the time for transformative action.

Rashida Tlaib

“Queremos Vivir”: The Workers Who Wouldn’t Die for the Pentagon

Maquiladora workers in the border city of Mexicali strike against working conditions.

Maurizio Guerrero

In Closed-Door Talks, the U.S. and E.U. Are Excluding Covid-19 Tests, Antivirals From Intellectual Property Waiver Negotiations

The exclusion bucks the demands of global activists, who say diagnostics and therapeutics must be included in any final deal.

Sarah Lazare

What Moderna Reveals About the Cruel Absurdity of "Innovation" Under Pharmaceutical Monopolies

South African scientists spent 8 months reinventing the wheel while Moderna withheld patent information.

Sarah Lazare

Vaccine Apartheid: Straight from the Measles Playbook

Thirty years after the 1990s measles outbreak, it's still profits over people in Covid-19 America.

In These Times Editors

Wisconsin's Rural Schools in "Crisis Mode"

A longstanding educator drain strains teachers and students.

Steven Potter

The Hypocrisy of Biden's New "Blame the Unvaccinated" Strategy

As long as we're blaming individuals, we are not talking about how the Biden administration's policies are failing the world.

Sarah Lazare

Chicago Teachers Voted to Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave—And Were Locked Out

The teachers’ union demanded greater safety measures in classrooms, and in response the school district cancelled classes and locked educators out of online learning platforms.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Big Business Behind Travel Nursing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for nurses—already understaffed—surged to even higher levels, and travel nurses deployed to fill the gaps.

Alice Herman

120 Manufacturers in the Global South Could Be Producing mRNA Vaccines If Big Pharma Would Only Show Them How

A new report finds that pharmaceutical monopolies are preventing the production of significant quantities of vaccines in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Sarah Lazare

How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse

After facing 98% unemployment in the depths of the pandemic, the strongest union in Las Vegas has risen again.

Hamilton Nolan

Documents Reveal Biden Admin Not Fighting for a Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver, Despite Public Statements

Amid mounting concern about the Omicron variant, Biden declared U.S. support for a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver. But new documents from Geneva tell a different story.

Sarah Lazare

These Tortilla Workers Walked Out and Won a Day Off Work

Gathered outside Chicago's flagship El Milagro taqueria, workers remembered those who died from Covid-19—and celebrated a victory that granted them Sundays off.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Time For a Four-Day Work Week Has Arrived

To expand personal freedom, recover from the Covid pandemic and curb the climate crisis—let's embrace a shorter working week.

Anna Coote

Right to Counsel Could Stave Off Worst of Eviction Crisis

In the midst of a nationwide eviction crisis, Wisconsin cities are establishing legal right to counsel for tenants.

Peter Gorski

Expectant Parents Travel Hours for Wisconsin Midwives While in Labor

Covid-19 Exacerbates the Illinois Midwife Shortage

Emma McAleavy