Was it reasonable to wonder if President Donald Trump began restricting, but not banning outright, travel from China on January 31 because of xenophobia rather than to avert the spread of the coronavirus to the United States? If context means … Read more
On April 7, 2020 a new slogan began circulating on Twitter during the Wisconsin Democratic primary: “Vote and Die.” The slogan is a play on “Vote or Die,” a 2004 American voter mobilization campaign, championed by rapper Sean “P. Diddy” … Read more
Armed with expansive emergency powers, many of the nation’s governors are placing unprecedented restrictions on our lives to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They have closed schools, shut down huge numbers of businesses, and ordered people to stay in … Read more
On March 5th, I woke up to a new short story by Roxane Gay in my inbox that felt post-apocalyptic: life in the U.S. 15 months into a coronavirus quarantine. This was a couple weeks before many schools closed, and … Read more
Denmark is known as a prototypical welfare state, and the country reacted as such from the moment the corona crisis emerged in Europe—with top-down and far-reaching measures from the central government. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen went on national television … Read more
Few people’s lives are untouched by the coronavirus pandemic and, as the world continues to grapple with the health, social, and financial implications of the crisis, everyone has a story to tell about these unprecedented times. That’s why members of … Read more
Over the past few days in the U.K., at least three cellphone masts have been set on fire, and telecoms engineers trying to keep the network stable have faced attacks and harassment. The reason: Some people … Read more
Translated by Dick Cluster. Leer en español. On March 12, the weekly Confidencial (“Confidential”) revealed the contents of a Protocol for Coronavirus Response produced by Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health that described some of the internal measures … Read more
Read in English. El 12 de marzo Confidencial reveló un Protocolo de respuesta al coronavirus elaborado por el Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) de Nicaragua, en el que se describen algunas de las medidas internas que ha adoptado el … Read more
Journalists have had a rough decade in Hungary under prime minister Viktor Orbán’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Now, the coronavirus crisis may make it even harder for independent news outlets to survive. The economic downturn driven by the pandemic … Read more
