Jeremy Konyndyk: Test, Trace, Isolate (05/01/20)
As I feared, the federal government wasted April much as it wasted February. That is a harsh assessment given how much the...
States use coronavirus to ban abortions, leaving women desperate: ‘You can’t pause a pregnancy’...
Eight US states have worked to try to halt abortions entirely during the pandemic as clinics report a rise in demand....
Georgia went first. And it screwed up. (NYT)
Here’s what other states can learn from our inept reopening.
ATLANTA — Last week was a bad...
Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren and Jan Schakowsky have a plan to end mask and medicine...
The Democratic lawmakers want the government to take responsibility for manufacturing coronavirus supplies.
Under a new bill...
As death toll passes 60,000, Trump’s team searches for an exit strategy (Politico)
The coronavirus continues to exceed benchmarks set by the president, with no clarity about the risks ahead.
Conservative Americans see coronavirus hope in progressive Sweden (Politico)
But Swedes are quick to note their hands-off coronavirus approach relies on a concept antithetical to American conservative philosophy: extreme trust...
White House risks backlash with coronavirus optimism (The Hill)
White House officials are taking an optimistic view of the country’s progress in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a risky bet...
Meatpacking plants are a front in the Covid-19 class war (Nation)
Eager to reopen the economy, Donald Trump and Republican governors are taking extraordinary measures to force the poor to do dangerous...
Mitch McConnell’s new coronavirus plan: Make sure you can’t sue a company that gets...
But providing businesses with broad legal immunity reduces any incentive for them to provide protective equipment to employees or safe spaces...
Inside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s two months of magical thinking (Vanity Afair)
Obsessed with impeachment and their enemies and worried about the stock market, the president and his son-in-law scapegoated HHS Secretary Alex...