Op-Ed | Politics & Elections As Ohio Postpones Its Primary, COVID-19 Pandemic Wreaks Election Havoc The remainder of the 2020 primary season is trembling on the edge of delay, if not outright dissolution. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Years of Austerity Weakened the Public Health Response to Coronavirus Thanks to budget cuts, public health departments nationwide have eliminated 50,000 positions since 2008. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 17, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections “A Time to Rethink America”: Sanders Sets Tone at Coronavirus Debate The final Democratic debate was a dispiriting affair for reasons that went far beyond the politics of it. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Health Care Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Outbreak Lack Key Protections The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 15, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads We are in the grip of a social panic where people are channeling their fears into racist and anti-immigrant attacks. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout March 14, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Trump Is Treating Coronavirus Like a PR Problem, Not a Health Crisis Unfortunately for the president, COVID-19 is proving stubbornly resistant to alternative facts. By Alexandra Erin , Truthout March 13, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections We Need a President Who Cares If We Live or Die. Instead We Have Trump. In the absence of presidential leadership, we must be our own leaders and take care of our communities as best we can. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 12, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care Under the U.S.’s for-profit health system, the epidemic is not being treated like the public emergency it is. By Joel Segal & Harvey Wasserman , Truthout March 11, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick. By Dean Baker , Truthout March 9, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can’t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma The Ebola vaccine saga is a classic example of how big pharma is motivated by profit, not the public good. By Juliana Broad , Truthout March 9, 2020 Truthout