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Thinking in a Pandemic

We’ve brought together all our COVID-19 coverage in one place. Here you’ll find the latest arguments from doctors and epidemiologists, philosophers and economists, legal scholars and historians, activists and citizens, as they think not just through this moment but beyond it.

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Class & Inequality, Politics

With a Uniquely Fragile Economy, Stimulus Is Not Enough

Our long-term goal must go well beyond the Senate bill to build a more resilient economy.

Mike Konczal, Felicia Wong

Global Justice, Politics

Sanctions Are Inhumane—Now, and Always

In a world imperiled by global pandemic, it is long past time to put an end to sanctions—including new ones against Iran—and to reconstruct U.S. foreign policy around international solidarity.

Aslı U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

Class & Inequality

Step One in Fighting the COVID-19 Economic Crisis

We must act now to support families and businesses. Greatly expanding U.S. unemployment insurance is an obvious way to go—in part because the system is already up and running.

Arindrajit Dube

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Alone Against the Virus

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

Amy Kapczynski, Gregg Gonsalves

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