Coronavirus

Biden Must Reject Trump’s “Vaccine Apartheid” Policy at the WTO

The president-elect pledged to combat racism. But he’s been mum about an urgent racial injustice taking place on a global scale.

Sarah Lazare

Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge

With Covid cases rising, the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies are resisting Mayor Lightfoot's plan to force educators back into the classroom—and could walk off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador

The Ecuador government took advantage of the pandemic to slash workers’ rights.

Kimberley Brown

$600 Isn't Nearly Enough—We Need Real Relief

The bipartisan stimulus bill fails to meet the needs of working people. Congress must pass a package that makes us whole.

Maurice BP-Weeks and Lauren Jacobs

The Case Against Industrial Animal Agriculture in 10 Statistics

The pandemic has slowed the growth of meat consumption around the world. Scientists argue we need to keep that trend going.

Dayton Martindale

2020 Exposed the Myth of American “Security”

The “security state” not only failed to keep us safe, but worsened the coronavirus pandemic and unleashed violence on the people hardest hit.

Sarah Lazare

The Numbers Show Covid Is a Mental Health Crisis

The U.S. mental health system was already in tatters. Then came the pandemic.

Hannah Faris

Biden Needs to Spend Big—And Fast. Here Are 4 Immediate Priorities.

Forget about the debt. Boosting the economy and sending people money isn't just good policy, it's smart politics.

Max B. Sawicky

Pfizer Helped Create the Global Patent Rules. Now it's Using Them to Undercut Access to the Covid Vaccine.

The pharmaceutical company is opposing a proposal at the World Trade Organization to expand vaccine access to poor countries.

Sarah Lazare

Activists Demand Rich Countries Suspend Patent Laws and Share Vaccines Freely

As rich countries hoard vaccine stocks, activists are calling for a just global distribution.

Hadas Thier

Americans Are Drowning in Debt. Let’s Forgive All of It.

In the age of Covid-19, it’s time to end our debt epidemic once and for all.

Scott Remer

Congress Is Deadlocked on Covid Relief But Came Together to Fund the Pentagon for $740 Billion

There is always money for war.

Sarah Lazare

Immigrants Detained by ICE Say They Were Thrown in Solitary for Requesting Covid-19 Tests

During an outbreak at Etowah County Detention Center, immigrants say solitary confinement was also used as medical isolation, against ICE guidelines.

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

Treating the Traumas of Capitalism: Inside the Life of a Social Worker

A conversation with Michele Manco, a clinical social worker in the Bronx.

Maximillian Alvarez

Healthcare Workers Are Organizing Like Their Lives Depend On It

Faced with ongoing PPE shortages and employer obfuscation about deadly outbreaks, more hospital staff are seeing on-the-job solidarity as essential work.

Alice Herman

Dean Spade on How Mutual Aid Will Help Us Survive Disaster

We have to fundamentally reimagine community if we want to avoid “intensive, uneven suffering followed by species extinction.”

Clara Liang

Democrats Are Scared to Use Their Best Leverage

They need to start holding hostage the things that Republicans hold dear

Hamilton Nolan

Trump's Online SNAP Program Helps Amazon and Walmart, But Leaves Rural People Behind

The government's online food assistance program doesn’t include independent grocers and ignores the gaps in rural infrastructure.

Bryce Oates and Debbie Weingarten