COVID-19 Lays Bare the Reality of ‘Small Government’ Conservatism
With 200,000 dead, Americans are concluding that a more Rooseveltian response was in order.
The Opioids Crisis During the Covid Pandemic
What people do in the face of protracted isolation and despair is turn to whatever coping strategy they’ve got.
Plague Journal #26: What Future Grandkids Will Ask
Remembering 'The Day the Sun Didn't Rise' and other big moments from the pseudo-apocalypse.
Beware Corporate Covid Propaganda
CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really.
How Filling Out Your Census Saves Lives
Taking the census ensures your community gets its fair share of funding — and representation — during the pandemic and beyond.
Plague Journal #25: Laboring for Some Hope
Unemployment is down but still high, the virus is still here but nobody seems to care and the value of unions seems lost. Time to sing!
The U.S. Is Missing the Boat on a Green Recovery from Covid-19
Clean energy is a great way to bring the economy roaring back to life as soon as we get the novel coronavirus under control.
John Barry: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was a U.S. Export, But Don’t Call It the Kansas Virus
“The Great Influenza” author gave us a warning 16 years ago that is extremely relevant today: It is always fatal to allow politics to trump science.
Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline Finally Being Dismantled?
Many school districts are deciding that police in classrooms cause more problems than they solve.
Will Public Schools Survive COVID-19?
We want to believe that if we simply put our children back in their classrooms, life as we used to know it will resume. That's simply impossible.
Plague Journal #22: Hot Time at the Old Conventions
Were it not for the overwhelming fact that a more-than-usual death cycle will be going on as this year’s conventions come and go, one could attach the appropriate meaning to…
Plague Journal #21: Caste In America
Should be required reading in any school genuinely concerned about what they should be concerned about: the future of the United States.
A Simple Solution to Pandemic Poverty
Unconditional emergency assistance is an urgent, fair and feasible way of stopping people falling into poverty as a result of the pandemic.
Covid-19 Isn’t the Only Virus Killing Americans
In a stunning display of virulent greed, health care giants are taking COVID-19 relief money while cutting jobs and paying CEOs millions.
Trump Is Not Immune to the Pandemic’s Political Death Sentence
People seldom forgive governments that get them involved in losing wars or fail to cope with a natural disaster like the coronavirus.