As the feds rollback Covid-19 income supports, more municipalities are experimenting with guaranteed income programs. An interview with the woman leading the movement.
Politics
How to Get the Covid Vaccine to the Entire World
Getting patent waivers is essential and so is making the vaccine manufacturers share their expertise with generic companies.
The Humanitarian Catastrophe You’re Still Not Hearing About
An update on refugees who fled a volcanic eruption in Congo.
Mitch McConnell’s Message to Justice Stephen Breyer: Quit Now
The Republican leader is threatening to derail another Democratic Supreme Court nominee. Why the oldest Justice should play hardball, too.
The Opioid Crackdown Is Hurting People in Pain
Purdue Pharma and “pill mills” are rightfully getting clobbered with lawsuits and regulations for their role in the opioid crisis. But the crackdown is pummeling patients with chronic pain.
Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Bill Barr’s Policies?
Biden’s attorney general is siding with Donald Trump’s Justice Department on everything from the Mueller Report to a rape accusation.
Former CIA Officer: Close Guantánamo
Every drop of intelligence has been drained from the detainees. Release those cleared and transfer the 9/11 plotters to the U.S. for trial.
On Infrastructure, the Revenge of the Climate Hawks
While everyone frets about Joe Manchin, do Senate environmentalists like Markey and Wyden hold the key?
Meatpacking Monopolism: Cyberattacks and America’s Concentrated Beef Industry
Packers have been attacked by ransomware, but the larger feedlot-to-plate problem is a lack of competitiveness.
DeJoy Is the Trump Appointee Still Menacing Us
Reports of an FBI investigation of the Postmaster General should speed his ouster.
