The Eerie Parallels Between COVID-19 and the Plague
Reading Time: 18 minutes A look at how the novel coronavirus will forever impact China’s Belt and Road project and the geopolitics of Asia.
The Silver Lining in the Coronavirus
Reading Time: 4 minutes If nothing else, the pandemic fully exposes Republican hypocrisy about “socialized medicine,” and maybe it’ll make “Yoho” a verb.
The Coronavirus: A Grab Bag of Lesser-Known Facts
Reading Time: 6 minutes Information — interesting, useful, and sometimes critical — is not getting the publicity it deserves.
The Myth of American Exceptionalism Falls Victim to Coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Americans are always being told that they are the best, and have the best. The response to coronavirus exposes that as wishful thinking.
Lawsuit Fights Disenfranchisement of Native Americans
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Montana law effectively ending ballot collecting could significantly disenfranchise thousands of Native American voters in the 2020 election, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
‘I Haven’t Seen My Mother for a Month’: Inside Italy’s Coronavirus Lockdown
Reading Time: 8 minutes WhoWhatWhy correspondent describes life in the time of coronavirus as Italy faces its “darkest hour.” Her account may be a preview of what’s to come in the US.
How to Get Climate Change Deniers on Board With Science
Reading Time: 6 minutes If neither scientific consensus nor the increasingly obvious effects of global warming can convince climate change deniers, what will?
Trump’s FEC Nominee Grilled Over Gerrymandering Past
Reading Time: 4 minutes Texas-based Republican attorney James E. “Trey” Trainor defended his relationship with the late GOP gerrymandering guru Thomas Hofeller, and past representation for dark money groups, during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Is Joe Biden Hazardous to Your Health?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Private health insurers are celebrating the former vice president’s ascendance. That should worry you.
Water Woes in the World’s Wealthiest Nation
Reading Time: 10 minutes There’s a secret water crisis in America. Two million people across the US lack access to running water and basic indoor plumbing. Keystone, WV, has gone without reliable water for almost a year. Local Tori Satow is fed up and determined to make a difference.