| May 27, 2020 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, Shailly Gupta Barnes reflects on a central contradiction of the coronavirus crisis era: It’s workers who’ve proved themselves essential during this crisis, but it’s the rich who keep getting bailed out. Even those modest...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyTimes of great adversity not only bring out the best and worst in society, but they also flush out some of the stinkiest and slimiest creatures. Think of war profiteers, hucksters who prey on poor hurricane victims, or Betsy DeVos. Even in the Trump Kakistocracy,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIn some ways, this horrible pandemic has brought out the best in humanity. Where I live, neighbors are helping neighbors. A friend who cleans houses for a living says about half of her clients are no longer having their homes cleaned, but they are still paying her. I...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed fundamental inequalities in this country. With millions of us hurting — especially the poor and people of color — there’s been widespread public support for bold government action to address long-standing social problems....
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe COVID-19 pandemic response has shown that the very foundations of our economy are shaky, fragile, and — for some of us — downright dangerous. We’re once again watching working people, especially working people of color, bear the brunt of the fallout. Meanwhile,...
