The decline of the West should come as no surprise, yet the U.S. still wages a ferocious fight against the prospect of equality among nations.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Embracing the Equality of Nations
Category: COVID-19
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Not the Year for Fireworks
COVID-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
While Americans are overwhelmed by the pandemic, Mandy Smithberger details how the Pentagon and its boosters are exploiting the emergency to feather their own nests.
Doctors for Assange Say UK May be Liable for His Torture
In a new letter to the British medical journal The Lancet, Doctors for Assange say that the British government may be held legally responsible for the torture of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher.
COVID-19: The Dangerous Incompetence of Narendra Modi & Jair Bolsonaro
Vijay Prashad surveys the alarming news about the virus in Brazil and India, where neither government is taking a science-based approach or showing a regard for the people.
COVID-19: Mike Pence Ripped for Dismissing Surge in Cases
The vice president is drawing criticism for an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal praising Trump’s leadership and slamming the media for sounding alarm bells over a second wave of infections.
Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick
It’s clear that from now until November, the Trump administration will pummel its island neighbor, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
The Greatest Show on Earth
The odd feature of this singular situation is that we’ve come to accept as (more or less) normal persons and actions that would have struck everyone as patho-normal just a few decades ago, writes Michael Brenner.
COVID-19: Low-Wage Essential Workers Get Less Protection & Less Information
Jasmine Kerrissey and Clare Hammonds report on their research, which provides some of the first data on the safety of essential workers during the pandemic.
COVID-19: If You Do Not Feel for Humanity, You Have Forgotten to Be Human
In consultation with a range of scientists and engineers, Vijay Prashad offers a guide to the virus and some possible antidotes.