COVID & George Floyd Killing Reveal a Failed State That Only Knows How to Police
The failure of our governments — local, state, national — to address COVID-19 with any real rigor is the…
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Now is the Time to Pass the New York Health Act
“Now is not the time.” Leaders and opinion writers utter this sentence so often after mass shootings in the…
Anti-Social-Distancing Rallies: Corona Protests Are Mainstreaming Far-Right Ideologies
Amidst a sea of yellow vests, Guy Fawkes masks, and German flags, two signs caught the camera’s eye at…
Op-Ed: Cuomo and de Blasio Must Be Held Accountable for Pandemic Destruction
I was in my hometown Guangzhou, China in late January, during the initial outbreak of coronavirus. One day after…
Environmental Violence is the Modern War Against Indigenous People
As Indian nations are battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are simultaneously battling ecological brutality brought about by governments…
Stay-Home Events Calendar: May 23 to May 29
The coronavirus is forcing us to avoid venturing outside, but there are still plenty of concerts, film screenings, performances,…
Losing Our Public Postal Service Is No Laughing Matter
On April 24, Donald Trump called the Postal Service a “joke.” But what Trump has planned for the millions…
It’s On: How To File an Absentee Ballot Now That There’ll Be a Prez Primary in New York
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling reinstating the presidential primaries in New York after Gov.…
Inside the ‘Corona Jail’ On Rikers Island with a Health Worker Who Caught COVID
The Correctional Health Services staff member intended to arrive early for work at the Eric M. Taylor Center, one…
Joe Allen’s ‘Package King’ Delivers a Modern History of the Essential Worker
On May 1, workers at Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx protested for better health and safety…