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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Labor, Trade, & Finance
The Beginning of the End for Oil?
Deadly, disruptive, and economically devastating as COVID-19 has proved to be, in retrospect it may turn out to have had at least this one silver lining.
The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
COVID-19 is so dangerous to food security because the global supply chain was insecure to begin with. Could we remake it?
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.
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.
Iraq’s Coronavirus Crisis Was Made Possible by Decades of War and Occupation
War and sanctions have left behind a devastated health care system.
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.
Can Coronavirus Be a Catalyst for Thinking Globally?
In an age of pandemics and climate crisis, countries’ health, environmental, and development policies are globally important.
The Politics of the Coronavirus
For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.