This is America, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is what America is designed to be. The head of a vast, globe-spanning empire needs its rank-and-file citizens to be poor, powerless, and brainwashed at all times.
Shortages of beds, staff and equipment made doctors discriminate against older persons and prioritize those younger, with more chances of survival, writes Isabel Ortiz.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and U.S. Postal Service leaders appear to be exploiting the pandemic to hold the Postal Service to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress.
Vijay Prashad explores the differences between the pandemic responses of a few countries with socialist governments and others in the capitalist order.