The end of American leadership (Slate)
The coronavirus pandemic may mark the final shift of global power away from the United States.
In 1994,...
The preëxisting condition in the Oval Office (The New Yorker)
From the start, the Trump Administration has waged war on science and expertise, making a great nation peculiarly vulnerable to the foreseeable...
The Trump virus is getting worse (The Bulwark)
As COVID-19 gets worse, so does the president.
Americans have stepped through the looking glass into the...
John Oliver: “Coronavirus IV” (4/12/20)
John Oliver discusses how coronavirus is impacting the US workforce, from mass unemployment to the problems faced by essential workers.
The surreal comforts of last night’s SNL quarantine episode (The Atlantic)
Hosted by COVID-19 survivor Tom Hanks and filmed remotely, the show’s latest broadcast is a cultural document of the times.
Your money or your life? Coronavirus-era economics makes us ask grim questions (The Globe...
Long before COVID-19 cases rose and markets plummeted, economists had ways to measure what a human life is worth – but...
How Mitch McConnell became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief (The New Yorker)
The Senate Majority Leader’s refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever.
On Thursday, March...
Social distancing isn’t a personal choice, it’s an ethical duty (Vox)
Why we should foreground our commitment to the common good in the fight against coronavirus.
Social distancing...
How Anthony Fauci became America’s doctor (The New Yorker)
Just before midnight on March 22nd, the President of the United States prepared to tweet. Millions of Americans, in the hope of...
What went wrong in Bobcaygeon: How COVID-19 killed 29 people at an ill-prepared nursing...
'The PSWs and nurses that I’ve spoken to said there’s going to be PTSD afterwards.... It was such a mess because...