11 April 2020
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Voter suppression was stronger than Bernie Sanders’ voter turnout plan. And the pandemic has made things worse.
BY ASTRA TAYLOR
Sanders
may be out of the race, but by advancing a bold left agenda and putting
capitalism on trial, he ignited a movement that will redefine American
politics.
BY MILES KAMPF-LASSIN
Weapons manufacturers get a life raft while the rest of us drown.
BY SARAH LAZARE
For immigrants, the coronavirus crisis is becoming a nightmare.
BY SABRINA GUNTER
Wisconsin Republicans show they hate democracy and Wisconsinites.
BY EMMA ROLLER
Sanders ended his presidential campaign, but he’s laid a path to take on corporate power and win democratic socialism.
BY MEAGAN DAY AND MICAH UETRICHT
America is sacrificing human lives as necessary in service of wealth. Not vice versa.
HAMILTON NOLAN
Overlooked workers are risking their lives to keep the healthcare system running. Now, they’re fighting back.
BY KARI LYDERSEN
The presumptive Democratic nominee is failing to call for sanctions to be lifted, even if just for the duration of the pandemic.
BY SARAH LAZARE
Bruised from the CARES Act, environmental organizations are planning next steps.
BY RACHEL M. COHEN
Scarred by a legacy of colonial diseases, Alaska tribes quickly cut off the outside world.
BY YERETH ROSEN
Shelter in place orders can remind those of us with C-PTSD of past times we were trapped.
BY ANNA JOY SPRINGER
If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, “all bets are off,” says scholar Walter Scheidel.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
New documents raise questions about just how clean the vote to replace the disgraced UAW president Gary Jones actually was.
BY CHRIS BROOKS
America’s addiction to war, by the numbers.
BY INDIGO OLIVIER
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
McDonald's employees in one of America's most expensive cities do not want to die for fries.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
The
EPA announced that soybean farmers in 25 states are now able to spray a
pesticide that the agency has determined is likely to cause cancer.
BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER
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