| Mar 30, 2020 | Economy / BusinessThe coronavirus has disrupted practically every part of our lives, including the complete shutdown of every major sports league. The dominos started to fall when Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive before an NBA game and shut down the entire league within a...
| Mar 25, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedSocial distancing is hard, and it’s not fun. I don’t question that we are doing what is necessary. Until better testing, treatment, and prevention are available, it is. But quarantining us in our homes separates us at a time when we need connection. And you know...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracySuddenly, “social distancing” is our new national etiquette, abruptly supplanting handshakes, hugs, gatherings, and other forms of ingrained communal behavior by us humans. It can be awkward. Disconcerting. Isolating. Yet as we frantically scramble to deter the health...
| Mar 24, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityOn the morning of September 11, 2001, my colleagues and I handed out water on Lower Broadway. We were lawyers who served some of the poorest communities in New York, but quenching the thirst of stunned victims proved to be the best thing we could do at the time. In...
| Mar 23, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor decades, critics of single-payer health care have raised the menace of rationed care, long waits, and “death panels.” Now, in our collective national effort to “flatten the curve” — to slow the spread of coronavirus to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed — we...
| Mar 18, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThere’s a short-circuit in the political convictions of some progressive-minded voters these days. While big majorities are making clear that they need and want bold, transformative changes in today’s rigged system, many of them are not voting that way in this...