Some Countries Face an Awful Question: Death by Coronavirus or by Hunger?
The pandemic makes it nearly impossible in some places to social distance and to get food at the same time. Though many rich economies have ground to a halt under…
The coronavirus doesn’t discriminate along racial lines. But America does.
THE NOVEL coronavirus, as far as we know, does not discriminate along racial lines. But America does — and the data so far show that black people are dying at a disproportionate rate. The…
Here’s why COVID-19 is killing more African-Americans
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly taken the upper hand in the U.S. The mortality is rising day by day as the country facing one of its darkest days. But the…
The dangerous conservative campaign against expertise
It is perhaps inevitable that a problem as large and complex as covid-19 should result in a pandemic of motivated reasoning. It is a human tendency to interpret disasters as…
Virus sends Holocaust survivors behind doors, back in time
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — For Olga Weiss, the order to stay at home is about much more than simply locking her door to the coronavirus. It has awakened fears…
Conservatives Have Been Suppressing the Vote for 150 Years
On March 30, the Republican id burst forth when President Trump said that the latest congressional stimulus bill “had things — levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to…
How to Save Black and Hispanic Lives in a Pandemic
Minorities are dying of Covid-19 at alarming rates. Here’s what to do about it right now. Across the United States, black and Hispanic people suffer disproportionately from poverty, poor health…
What Coronavirus Exposes About America’s Political Divide
Perhaps the last thing we needed in this hyperpartisan election year was another reminder of what divides us as a nation. Then the COVID-19 crisis arrived and gave us one.…
Tulane University doctor on the coronavirus’ impact on African-Americans
Director of Tulane University's Master's of Public Health Program Dr. Susan Hassig commented on Louisiana's battle against the coronavirus and its impact on the African-American community. "You've got black residents…
First coronavirus deaths reported in indigenous communities in the Amazon
“COVID-19 has fertile terrain to spread rapidly among the populations that live in Amazonia,” says president of prominent Brazilian rights group. Brazilian officials and rights activists are warning of an…
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