Tag: pandemic

The faces of CPAC have changed from a more traditional conservative to an odd mixture of libertarian isolationism and cultural dog-whistling so loud that my labradoodle back at home started howling.

On an increasingly sickly planet, our future, in other words, remains up for grabs.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown said President Biden didn't have the authority to “mandate that all federal employees consent to vaccination against COVID-19 or lose their jobs.”

Johnson is part of a privileged cozy class (Eton to Oxbridge to Whitehall) that feels themselves exempt from moral duties, social obligations and legal restrictions.

From the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has wrought a far higher toll in communities of color than in the general...

The 10 wealthiest billionaires in the U.S. have added roughly $1 billion to their collective fortune every day—or around $12,600 per second—since...

Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.

It’s overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.

Irene Bosch developed a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 test in early 2020. But she was stymied by an FDA process experts say made no sense.

“Despite millions of people being told to use face masks, little guidance was given on how to dispose of them or recycle them safely.”