covid pandemic

America has surrendered to Fox

By Jason Sattler / February 11, 2022 /

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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The pandemic, not public spending, is driving inflation

By Noah Berlatsky / February 9, 2022 /

Supply chain issues are global. So are rising prices.

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The Republican death drive: Refusing to sacrifice anything means sacrificing everything

By John Stoehr / January 26, 2022 /

Why are they killing themselves? Let’s turn to Sigmund Freud.

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Covid has shown us how badly our education system harms the republic when some kids in it are treated better than others

By Noah Berlatsky / January 25, 2022 /

A country with a zero-sum attitude toward education is a country ill-equipped to respond with civic responsibility to a pandemic. 

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We suspected that rightwing politics caused mass injury and death. A new book proves it

By John Stoehr / January 12, 2022 /

When partisanship subsumes everything, people die. Period. 

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Want people to get vaccinated? Pay them

By Noah Berlatsky / January 12, 2022 /

We should value every life. 

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Enough already! Spend the money to vaccinate the world

By Noah Berlatsky / January 5, 2022 /

The United States can’t protect the public health of its residents without protecting the public health of everyone else.

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Will the Democrats learn? When you think you’re winning against bullshit, you’re actually losing

By Matt Robison / December 15, 2021 /

On covid, the Republicans are swiftboating Biden.

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Why isn’t the covid pandemic over? White supremacy

By John Stoehr / October 25, 2021 /

The common good isn’t common. It isn’t good. It’s the enemy.

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To fight fascism, fight the people paying for it. That means raising taxes higher, much higher, on the very obscenely rich

By John Stoehr / September 30, 2021 /

They are preventing the people from flexing the sovereignty that would prevent them from continuing to extract wealth from the people.

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