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GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise.
Nobel Laureate Calls for Ending Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines
Wealthy nations "have the resources to narrow the great vaccine gap, if they want to," Muhammad Yunus wrote.
Boris Johnson Dodged a COVID Reckoning. Now He’s Doubling Down on Deportations.
The Conservatives are turning on refugees at a moment when many British people are welcoming refugees into their homes.
GOP Senator Ron Johnson Used Taxpayer Money for Vacation Travel Expenses
Johnson claimed that the reporting on his spending was “a fully coordinated attack” from the Democratic Party.
Burned Out by COVID and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Are Unionizing
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
As COVID Outbreaks Hit California Schools, Most Aren’t Reinstating Mask Mandates
Summer vacation is near, and most schools appear to be hoping to simply run out the clock.
Hope Is Not a Given. We Must Cultivate It Together.
Kelly Hayes and Tanuja Jagernauth discuss the practice of hope.
One Billionaire Has Been Created Every 30 Hours During Pandemic, Oxfam Says
Inequality "literally kills," says a new Oxfam International report, which calls for taxing billionaires.
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
End of Free School Meals Will Be Catastrophic for Kids
Authorization to allow schools to serve free meals to all students is set to expire on June 30.