COVID-19
Stories from the front lines of COVID-19
COVID-19 affects all of us. Our daily reporting covers aspects of health, community, economy, international relations, and social justice relative to the pandemic.
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Haymarket Books
A Long, Hot Summer Lockdown
The mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. prisons caused a nightmarish landscape of disease and death. Read more
Oct 4, 2024
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Donald Trump’s Actual Record on COVID-19
A look back at how the former President botched the defining challenge of his presidency. Read more
Apr 5, 2024
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Can We Trust the CDC Anymore?
The Centers for Disease Control's updated COVID-19 isolation guidelines seem influenced by politics rather than grounded in medical truths. Read more
Mar 15, 2024
Andrew Ratto (CC0)
Building Progressive Communities, One City At a Time
In a new paperback edition, this book highlights the importance of working in cities to bring about progressive change, writes Norman Stockwell, publisher of The Progressive. Read more
Mar 12, 2024
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We Can't Treat Long COVID by Ignoring Marginalized Patients
As a transgender person with several chronic illnesses, I’ve had many doctors misattribute my symptoms to hormone therapy. It's a pervasive problem. Read more
Aug 4, 2023
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Labor Trafficking Happens Here, Too
Meat-packing and chicken-processing plants have been sites of extreme exploitation that may meet the definition of trafficking. Read more
Feb 21, 2023
Universal Studios
Film Review: ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Makes an Impossible Call For Care
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film emphasizes the power of humanity—and our interconnectedness—amid the horror. Read more
Feb 6, 2023
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Inside Prison, COVID Protections Are Weaponized
What happened to Anthony Clemons and his fiancée after a visit demonstrates how even safety precautions can become tools of oppression. Read more
Jan 3, 2023
