Russian Roulette: Orthodox Church Gambles With Worshippers’ Health
Reading Time: 6 minutes Leaders in Russia’s Orthodox Church have ignored warnings about the coronavirus; without proper precautions, the virus has spread through their ranks.
Not All It Can Be: The US Military Is Failing
Reading Time: 17 minutes A look at the corrosive culture caused by rigid hierarchies and unquestioning loyalty in the US military.
Supreme Court Battle Over Electoral College Begins
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on a case that could impact the outcome of the 2020 election.
Activists Vow to Protect USPS as States Expand Mail-in Voting
Reading Time: 4 minutes Voting-rights groups are beefing up their legal efforts to protect access to absentee voting, which now also means protecting the postal service.
COVID-19 Hits Hardest at the Poor — No Matter Where They Live
Reading Time: 4 minutes The poor suffer disproportionately in the COVID-19 pandemic. In Nigeria, a country beset by poverty, the tragedies of the coronavirus are compounded by a fragile infrastructure, food shortages, and corruption.
The Media’s Most Important Job in 2020: Countering Postelection Chaos
Reading Time: 7 minutes Newsrooms need to prepare themselves and the public for what will be a contentious couple of weeks following the delay in election night results.
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.
Religious Nationalism and the Reopening of America
Reading Time: 17 minutes Some Christian nationalists are contesting the coronavirus lockdown to further their own Bible-based, authoritarian agenda.