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How America Bungled the Plague

A year ago, the United States was regarded as the country best prepared for a pandemic. Our government had spent nearly two decades strategizing for a doomsday scenario. So what went wrong?

Totally Under Control | Documentary

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the stark disparity between Covid 19 deaths in the U.S. and South Korea. With damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, Gibney exposes a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of Presidential leadership.

The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón Emeterio Betances

By Martín Espada Poem-a-Day
Martín Espada gives an eloquent elegy to Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, a Puerto Rican abolitionist and revolutionary who addressed issues of pandemic and racial oppression.