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July 1, 2021
Laura Weiss
Who Gets Left Behind as We “Return to Normal”?
For people with compromised immune systems, “long Covid,” and other disabilities, the pandemic doesn’t end with vaccination.
July 1, 2021
Melody Schreiber
The Delta Covid Variant’s Urgent Message for America
Vaccinate. Do it quickly.
June 28, 2021
Natalie Shure
The Success of Medicaid Expansion Could Break It
The program is providing life-saving coverage to nearly a quarter of all Americans, but it’s not sustainable.
June 28, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Why This Anti-Science Fanaticism Is Dangerous for Democracy
The blue versus red vaccine divide is troubling from a public health perspective—and terrifying from a democratic perspective.
June 17, 2021
Melody Schreiber
The U.S. Could Face Another Covid Surge This Fall
New models suggest that if vaccination rates only reach 68 percent and people refuse to wear masks, this autumn could be dangerous—particularly given the spread of the highly infectious delta variant.
June 11, 2021
Melody Schreiber
Herd Immunity Is Not a Magical Percentage
Yes, getting 70 percent of all Americans vaccinated is a worthy goal. But what matters even more is that enough people in enough places are vaccinated.
June 11, 2021
Timothy Noah
We Regret to Inform You That Workers Are Not Suddenly Winning
Wages and job openings are up. Here’s why they won’t stay that way.
June 8, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Party of Trump Is Trying to Get People Mad at Anthony Fauci Again
The latest attacks from the GOP betray its desperation to find something, anything, to attack Joe Biden with.
June 7, 2021
Natalie Shure
Many More Americans Would Be Vaccinated if Our Health Care System Wasn’t So Terrifying
People don’t trust an industry known for bureaucratic traps and surprise billing to save them from the pandemic.
May 26, 2021
Matt Ford
Can the Politics of Police Reform Survive the Crime Rates of Our Pandemic Year?
An impenetrable web of statistics is being used to deflect criticisms and reshape the media narrative around policing.
May 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
It Shouldn’t Take a Pandemic to Boost Worker Wages
From the Black Death to Covid-19, deadly plagues have a tendency to raise hourly earnings—for the grisliest of reasons.
May 11, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Low Wages and Crappy Jobs Gave Us the Labor “Shortage”
Republicans think overly generous unemployment benefits are keeping people from working. Biden might be taking the bait.
May 11, 2021
Chris Lehmann
The Pandemic Planners Were Ready. No One Listened.
The heroes of Michael Lewis’s new book, “The Premonition,” are a band of intrepid policy entrepreneurs.
May 6, 2021
Astra Taylor
In Defense of Liberal Conspirators
Our inability to truly conspire is why so many people are struggling today.
May 6, 2021
Melody Schreiber
There’s Something Missing From Biden’s Move to Free the Covid Vaccines
Letting people copy Covid vaccines without being sued is good. Helping them do it is better.
April 30, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Tech Giants’ Obscene Pandemic Profits Are Begging to Be Taxed
The post-Covid economic recovery looks anything but fair. Tax the titans of the pandemic!
April 29, 2021
Matt Ford
Tucker Carlson Is Deadly Boring
Fox News’s prime-time star has long been a dull racist. Why is the mainstream media only realizing it now?
April 28, 2021
Melody Schreiber
How Will We Know If There’s a Covid Supervariant?
India’s severe outbreak shows why the world needs early warning systems for variants that could evade vaccines.
April 26, 2021
Natalie Shure
Make School Lunch Free for Everyone, Forever
The USDA created a wildly successful universal nutrition program in public schools to alleviate the burdens of the pandemic. Make that temporary benefit permanent.
April 26, 2021
Bruce Bartlett
Vaccine Hesitancy and the Long Shadow of Racism in U.S. Health Care
Nearly a third of Black Americans are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Covid vaccines or will only take one if required. What’s driving this?
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