18 April 2020
TOP STORIES
As the pandemic wreaks chaos, corporations and the GOP are following the shock doctrine playbook.
BY JEREMY MOHLER
For many reasons, Black women are particularly hurt by the virus’s economic toll.
BY CHANDRA THOMAS WHITFIELD
Appointments
will have a major impact on whether a potential Biden administration
delivers on progressive policies. Here’s what the Left should push for
now.
BY ELEANOR EAGAN
The
soft complacency of assuming our political elites have a plan for
climate crisis is exposed by their widespread failure in handling the
coronavirus pandemic. We must act now in their stead.
BY SARAH LAZARE AND ADAM JOHNSON
We keep handing more money to the very for-profit insurance industry that is failing us.
BY NATALIE SHURE
Coronavirus may finally wake up Americans to the long cons of Trump and the GOP, says Noam Chomsky.
BY CHRIS BROOKS
Even by his standards, Trump is a terrible wartime president
JOEL BLEIFUSS
Sanders could have gone harder against Biden, but ultimately it was the establishment that stood in his way.
BY DAVID SIROTA
The industry profiting from prison halfway houses.
BY KATIE ROSE QUANDT
When a crisis occurs, the private sector often uses it as a distraction to push through its own agenda.
BY IN THESE TIMES EDITORS
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Without
a rescue package, "Sometime between July and September, the Post Office
will likely run out of money. And when they run out of money, their
operations will cease."
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
The crisis could close down vulnerable farmers, which could impact the long-term food supply chain.
BY TAMARA J. BENJAMIN
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