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.
Trump’s Primary Concern Is Trump, Tweets Show
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump will have you believe that he is laser-focused on dealing with the coronavirus crisis. His tweets tell a very different story.
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.
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.
Dissident Russian Doctors Have ‘Accidents’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Russia’s overburdened medical system, whistleblowing may be more deadly than the coronavirus.
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.
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.
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.