McConnell Is Pushing One COVID-19 ‘Cure’ America Does Not Need
Reading Time: 5 minutes As America tries to reopen, workers and consumers should not lose their only weapon to hold businesses accountable.
Liberty, Equality, Efficiency
Reading Time: < 1 minute America’s ever-increasing concentration of wealth could eventually have one upside.
A New College Motto: Buyer Beware
Reading Time: 6 minutes The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that colleges and universities prioritize their bottom line above all else. Students should think twice before enrolling this fall.
The American Way: Call Them ‘Hero,’ Pay Them Zero
Reading Time: < 1 minute Healthcare workers, delivery drivers, and retail employees are members of the pantheon of heroes Americans love to lionize in the era of COVID-19. But they’re poorly paid, poorly protected, and quickly forgotten.
Never Let a Coronavirus Go to Waste
Reading Time: 5 minutes Trump is pursuing his agenda under the cloak of a distracting pandemic. It’s worth remembering what that agenda is.
What Everybody Is Missing About Bob Dylan’s JFK Song
Reading Time: 11 minutes The pundits missed the point: Dylan says a conspiracy killed JFK — and led his generation down a rabbit hole.
The Reason Why We Haven’t Nuked a Hurricane Yet
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Donald Trump loves floating crazy ideas so that he’ll appear sane when he later reverses course.
Trump’s Detention Policies Spread More Coronavirus
Reading Time: 5 minutes Crowded detention centers not only jeopardize the lives of detainees, they threaten all of us.
Killer Ratings: Watch Fox News and Die
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fox News has made a fortune delivering misinformation to an audience that gobbles it up. During a pandemic, however, this is a recipe for disaster — and some viewers will pay the ultimate price.
COVID-19 Casualties You Should Wish For
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pandemic may not produce herd immunity to the coronavirus, but maybe it will to some toxic ideas.