COVID-19
Stories from the front lines of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic affects all of us. Our daily reporting covers aspects of health, community, economy, international relations, and social justice relative to COVID-19.
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‘We’re Facing Some Hard Shit’: Performing Artists Are Organizing to Weather the Pandemic
With the industry in freefall, the artists who remain are getting radical and getting organized. Read more
Sep 23, 2020
Coronavirus Coverage
Smoking Gun: Crisis? What Crisis?
A timeline of the pandemic warning signs ignored by the Trump Administration. Read more
Sep 21, 2020
NOAH BERGER REUTERS
Western Wildfires Could Worsen Inequality
As new threats compound old injustices, too many Americans are consigned to poverty and poor health. Read more
Sep 16, 2020
A Look at Two Crises: 9/11 and COVID-19
Why aren't we doing a better job taking care of today's frontline workers? Read more
Sep 11, 2020
Shealah Craighead The White House
The Greatest Country on Earth?
We love America. But Canadians have helped us see that, by many measures, it’s not the greatest country on Earth. Read more
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. Food System Needs Reform
The pandemic has exposed critical weaknesses in our food system. Read more
Sep 8, 2020
Photo courtesy of the Kheel Center for Labor-Managment Documentation and Archives at Cornell University.
This Labor Day, ‘Black Lives Matter’ Means Justice for Black Workers
The economy was failing Black workers before the pandemic—and now, even as many are deemed essential, they’re being treated as disposable. Read more
Sep 6, 2020
The Doctor Is SO In
This would again be funny if it weren’t for the fact that an unqualified doctor with no infectious disease experience is now on the White House team that is in charge of leading the coronavirus response. Read more
Sep 4, 2020
