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Dispatches From the Culture Wars - COVID-19 Dispatches

New social divisions, new atrocities, new challenges for humanity

 

The Well and the Sick

By Nick Cohen

March 14, 2020

The Observer

if you are sick and facing the prospect of death, the state is the only institution with the means and responsibility to help you.

Why Social Distancing is Best

By Thomas Perls

March 13, 2020

The Conversation

People need to stay far enough away from each other so that the coronavirus – or any pathogen – cannot spread from one person to another.

When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus

By Natalie Escobar

March 4, 2020

NPR

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Harassment has been intense for Asian Americans across the country — regardless of ethnicity, location or age.

Class Divide in the Bay Area

By Nicole Karlis

March 16, 2020

Salon

In the gentrified Bay Area, those who suffer under the thumb of tech are seeing their fortunes dwindle even more.

What Is Covid-19 Trying to Teach Us?

By H. Bruce Franklin

March 13, 2020

CounterPunch

To fight against the contagion, the main weapon is cooperation, on all levels, from interpersonal to international.

AOC's Prescriptions

By Eliza Relman

March 12, 2020

Business Insider

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demands the government distribute a universal basic income and implement 'Medicare for all' to fight the coronavirus.

COVID-19 Is a Devil Testing Organized Religion

By Ed Kilgore

March 12, 2020

New York Magazine

U.S. religious communities are struggling to stay true to their traditions and serve those who depend on them without loving people to death.

Profit Over Public Health

By the Editorial Board

March 13, 2020

New York Times

As the coronavirus spreads, the public interest requires employers to abandon their longstanding resistance to paid sick leave.