Truthout
Op-Ed
States Must Step Up to Help Immigrants Left Out of the COVID-19 Recovery
States have a responsibility to protect all their people by providing support where the federal government has failed.
The GOP Has Every Reason to Want the US Postal Service to Fail
As advocates of privatization, Republicans also have much to gain from disrupting the 2020 census and mail-in voting.
Trump’s Inaction on the COVID-19 Crisis Seems More Deliberate Each Day
Millions of Americans are making painful sacrifices every day, and Trump doesn’t seem to give a single damn.
The US’s Failed Response to the Pandemic Is Rooted in Anti-Blackness
The pandemic is showing us how racism impairs our ability to respond, hurting all of us.
Corporate News Coverage of the Pandemic Is Rife With Islamophobia
Mainstream media outlets need to be held accountable for perpetuating Islamophobia amid a pandemic.
The Next Economic Stimulus Must Include Green New Deal Measures
Green New Deal measures are more important than ever to assuage the economic impacts of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Exposes the Delicate Economic Balance We All Live in Under Capitalism
This pandemic makes it clear that under capitalism, the worker is not that far removed from the pauper.
A Big Oil Bailout Would Be the Opposite of the Green New Deal We Need
Policy makers should let oil producers fail, and devote resources to stave off the climate crisis before it gets worse.
COVID-19 Was a Trigger, But Capitalism Caused the Economic Crash
Naming economic crashes after their triggers only distracts attention from capitalism’s innate vulnerabilities.
Trump’s Lies Are Killing His Supporters as COVID Starts to Sweep Rural America
How many people who jammed the churches because the president said it was safe will be dead by June?