28 March 2020
TOP STORIES
The coronavirus bill is an orgy of corporate welfare that rivals the 2008 bailout.
BY MOE TKACIK
The reliance on the military for emergency response is a testament to the failures of the U.S. welfare state.
BY SARAH LAZARE
Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic demands a novel solution: placing the e-commerce giant under public control.
BY PARIS MARX
If Republicans really cared about stopping deaths of despair, they’d advocate for a robust social safety net.
BY SARAH LAZARE
The richest man in the world wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay.
BY BRANKO MARCETIC
The risk of going too small on stimulus is large, while the risk of going too big is almost nonexistent.
JOSH BIVENS
Are reds and red-scarers even talking about the same thing?
BY JOEL BLEIFUSS
Because
self-isolation hurts corporate profits, billionaires are calling to end
the too-limited public health measures taken so far by the US
government.
BY ERIC BLANC
Any U.S. response to the global pandemic must end the war.
BY SHIREEN AL-ADEIMI
Closed
borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which
is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.
BY KHURY PETERSEN-SMITH
The
coronavirus financial relief package is packed full of corporate
giveaways and lacks basic safeguards for workers and their families.
BY JOSH BIVENS AND HEIDI SHIERHOLZ
Twenty-second clips of Solidarity Forever, 9 to 5, Joe Hill, Guantanamera, and more.
BY LU ZHAO
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Lloyd
Blankfein, the reasonable cheerleader for restarting commerce, you can
be a doorman, throwing open the doors of your Manhattan office building
for all the bankers to return to their desks.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
Ever wonder why almost every country musician sings with a Southern accent, regardless of where they came from?
BY NICK SHOULDERS
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