No doubt part of the reason those who used the crisis for personal gain were judged so harshly was because so many of their fellow citizens had been forced to sacrifice their lives in a battle that enriched the powerful few.
COVID-19 is already spreading in many parts of the world where it’s hot, including Australia and South America, demonstrating that high temperatures are not enough to stop the disease
Influenza became one more example of British injustice that spurred Indian people in their fight for independence. Mahatma Gandhi wrote, “In no other civilized country could a government have left things so much undone as did the Government of India"
An international consortium is racing to test three possible antiviral treatments for Covid-19 and 10 different vaccines. No one of these experiments is guaranteed to succeed, but the chances of finding one that will are high.
We are experts in income inequality, and our new book, “Divested: Inequality in the Age of Finance,” argues that inequality from the Recession has a lot to do with how the government designed its response.
As Hughes’ international fame grew, he was being denigrated as a subversive and a communist by his own government.
Government can either decide to continue the “trickle-down” approach to first protect banks, corporations and their investors with monetary stimuli, or can learn from the New Deal and provide support directly to the most fragile communities
In the 2016 general election a full three out of four of Americans between the age of 18 and 29 said they were interested in politics.
The Cold War ended 30 years ago, but its cultural structures and divisions endure – perhaps, even, in the responses of some Americans to Bernie Sanders’ socialism.
A century ago teams from eight cities created the Negro National League. Three decades of stellar play followed, as the league affirmed black competence and grace on the field, while forging a collective identity.
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