Beyond performing essential labor, we are humans — and, in a pandemic, that should be enough to deserve help.
Undocumented Workers Need a Bailout, Too
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Democracy & Governance
What 9/11 Taught Me about COVID-19
Organizing, connection, and solidarity are a way out of isolation — especially when we know there’s no going back to “normal.”
A Progressive Victory over the Coronavirus
South Korea, having beaten back the coronavirus, is now poised to show the world how to move forward to save lives, democracy, and the planet.
Who’s Responsible for America’s Coronavirus Fiasco?
Donald Trump could end up in court over his mishandling of the coronavirus.
The World Needs a New Social Contract — Not More ‘Structural Adjustment’
The World Bank is still pretending that deregulating markets and corporations, rather than supporting ordinary people, is the way out of this crisis.
The Coronavirus Comes for India
India’s far-right government is focused more on PR than prevention. Brave independent reporters are calling it to account.
Fighting Covid-19 — And Repression — in Kashmir
The Indian government’s repression of doctors and restrictions on the Internet could make the pandemic far deadlier in the formerly autonomous region.
Why Did Our Permanent Emergency Government Fail to Face the Emergency?
When history finally conducts an autopsy into this horrendous pandemic, the national security state that failed to protect us cannot emerge unscathed.
Will the EU Survive the Coronavirus?
Hungary’s authoritarianism, Portugal’s generosity, Italy’s call for solidarity, Germany’s tightfistedness: European responses to the crisis are all over the map.
Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist
The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate policies that plundered the Global South. Here’s how his comrades remember him.