From Poverty to Pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes What the coronavirus teaches us about the universal consequences of inequality.
States Grapple With Germ-Ridden Voting Machines Amid Coronavirus
Reading Time: 4 minutes Scientists say the coronavirus could survive for days on voting machines, so election officials are seeking strategies to protect both public health and the right to vote.
Recipe for Disaster: Wildfires, Radioactive Smoke, COVID-19, and Corruption
Reading Time: 5 minutes Wildfires, smuggling, and corruption increase radiation risks in the dangerous Exclusion Zone surrounding Chernobyl as Ukraine’s infrastructure is paralyzed by the coronavirus lockdown.
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.
The Pandemic and the Press
Reading Time: 14 minutes To mark World Press Freedom Day, we look at how COVID-19 has impacted the free press around the world. It’s not a pretty picture.
Could a Pandemic Spur the Resurgence of Labor Unions?
Reading Time: 6 minutes As the coronavirus threatens workers’ lives and livelihoods, unions are proving their worth.
No, Voting by Mail Is Not ‘Ripe for Voter Fraud’
Reading Time: 5 minutes Critics of vote-by-mail warn the 2020 election could be ripe for fraud. But hundreds of millions of votes have been cast absentee in the US, and just a tiny fraction were fraudulent.
Can Controversial Ukrainian Fixer Appease Trump?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Political phoenix Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s former president, could become Kiev’s reform chief. Can he mend US ties poisoned by the impeachment drama?
COVID-19 Response: China Is the Problem and the Solution
Reading Time: 10 minutes An American businessman who manufactures face masks in China says the White House rhetoric makes it more difficult for the US to obtain life-saving products.