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Quick and widespread testing and quarantine will help tackle the spread of COVID-19, not ultra-nationalism or hyper-capitalism.

While fashion designers and brands continue to grab headlines and praise for their “heroism,” garment workers are fundraising for basic needs.

...Black Belt communities currently being ravaged by COVID-19 would benefit from the kind of sustained investment that should have been happening since 2008...just as the whiter, richer states in the NBRC did.

...the super-capitalism of today has become an absolute fetter on the development of the productive forces necessary for our species survival.

Math and the inner workings of music can seem mysterious and intimidating. In this fun explainer series, Dr. Eugenia Cheng shows everyone a way in, enhancing our understanding and enjoyment of both music and math.

If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, “all bets are off,” says scholar Walter Scheidel.

My worst nightmare is that if it is not safe for folks in big cities in swing states to line up you see some state legislatures invoking the right under Article II, section 1 of the constitution to appoint Electoral College electors themselves.

This fight needs to start now and it needs to start with the unions, the progressive elected and working class activists.

Activists begged the city not to allow a smokestack demolition during the coronavirus crisis at the old Crawford Coal Plant, but the explosion ended up coating the mostly-Latino neighborhood in dust.

The press focus on COVID-19 has distracted it from its watchdog function on key issues like the climate crisis. US newsrooms must cover the climate crisis, and expand the coronavirus story to include those who are profiteering from the pandemic.