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Masks off: The lessons we didn’t learn from COVID
Carlyn Zwarenstein
The pandemic accelerated economic disparity, revealing a disturbing acceptance of mass death. Did we learn nothing?
How do we know what is true? In an age of war, pandemic and conspiracy theory, it’s not easy
Richard Eckersley
To survive this crucial century, we need to solve the problem of truth. That may be our biggest single challenge
Mission not accomplished, Joe: Despite declaring victory over COVID, health care is code blue
Bob Hennelly
The national public health dashboard is blinking hazards ahead
In the hospital, with no staff in sight
D. Watkins
Where are the workers? They're tired and fed up. Is it any wonder we have so many essential jobs unfilled?
Behind the mask: How racism shaped attitudes on the pandemic
Chauncey DeVega
White people began believing COVID wasn't their problem, research shows — and that made the pandemic much worse
Right-wing media and the pandemic: A toxic feedback loop that nurtured fascism
Chauncey DeVega
American ignorance and paranoia were already there. Then Trump, Fox News and the virus exploited them to the max
Dumbass nation: Our biggest national security problem is America’s “vast and militant ignorance”
Brian Karem
Millions of Americans embrace vapid lies and conspiracy theories — and the proudly moronic leader who spreads them
Road to nowhere: Oklahoma’s Donald J. Trump Highway runs through the Dust Bowl
Russell Cobb
Trump got 92% of the vote in desolate Cimarron County, Oklahoma. But locals remain skeptical, about everything
9/11 brought Americans together. Why is the pandemic tearing them apart?
Nicole Karlis
America missed its pandemic kumbaya moment. Disaster resilience researchers think they know why
As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it’s time to stay clear-headed — and fight back
Chauncey DeVega
The Supreme Court's late-night eviction decision was no anomaly — it's part of a blitzkrieg against democracy
Why Americans hate and fear the poor: Joanne Samuel Goldblum on the price of inequality
Chauncey DeVega
Another side effect of the pandemic: Many more Americans are aware how stressful and exhausting it is to be poor
This plague next time: Public health scholar Nicholas Christakis on the pandemic’s harsh lessons
Chauncey DeVega
"We should be ashamed as a nation," says Yale scholar. And COVID wasn't the worst-case scenario by a long shot
“I don’t want to be L. Ron Hubbard”: Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book “Project Hail Mary”
Chauncey DeVega
"The Martian" author spoke to Salon about what inspired his new sci-fi novel, driving plots and scientific optimism
How patent laws are hindering the fight against COVID-19
Matthew Rozsa
A handful of pharmaceutical companies use patent laws to limit supply when the world most needs their drugs
The GOP’s Ayn Rand death cult: Trump’s party is literally killing the American people
Chauncey DeVega
Imagining themselves as virile heroes from Ayn Rand's terrible books, Republicans have become the pro-death party
Lancet editor says inequality and COVID-19 have converged to create a “syndemic”
Matthew Rozsa
Dr. Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, says we face a crisis that is biological as well as social
Elizabeth Warren destroys CNBC host over two-cent wealth tax criticism
Kenny Stancil
Massachusetts senator to TV biz-show host: "How about a counter-argument ... that's based on fact?"
Income inequality is out of control. Economists fear Biden won’t do enough to fix it
Matthew Rozsa
Based on his appointments, economists fear Biden may merely re-arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
How socialism made the COVID-19 vaccines possible
Alex Henderson
The COVID-19 vaccines are a "triumph for capitalism" that relied heavily on "years of public-sector funding"
People didn’t used to be “consumers.” What happened?
Kate Yoder
Shoppers, profits, growth: Why marketing-speak is bad for the planet.
Donald Trump’s herd immunity: Who’s the real “enemy of the people”?
Chauncey DeVega
It's clearer than ever that Trump was happy to see people die. His assault on public health can't be forgotten
Giuliani says he didn’t know most Americans can’t access his VIP coronavirus treatment regimen
Matthew Rozsa
Even after being hospitalized for coronavirus, Giuliani was clueless about the virus and its treatment
This Thanksgiving holiday, we “celebrate” America’s departure from reality
David Masciotra
Donald Trump's delusions and conspiracy theories are only one aspect of a distinctive American bias against reality
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