America will struggle after coronavirus. These charts show why (NYT)
America’s economy has almost doubled in size over the last four decades, but broad measures of the nation’s economic health conceal the...
The unbearable loneliness of COVID-19 (Slate)
The conditions required to treat this virus have made things even more difficult for patients, and the doctors working to save...
The coronavirus was spreading. The parties went on. Now comes the pain (MSN)
Jazz drifted through the air, mingling with laughter among old friends. Burgers were on the grill. Drinks were being poured.
How Anthony Fauci became America’s doctor (The New Yorker)
Just before midnight on March 22nd, the President of the United States prepared to tweet. Millions of Americans, in the hope of...
How delays and unheeded warnings hindered New York’s virus fight (NYT)
A 39-year-old woman took Flight 701 from Doha, Qatar, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in late February, the final leg of...
The inequality virus: how the pandemic hit America’s poorest (The Guardian)
Millions of workers in the U.S. were hanging on financially, in a system skewed against them. Then the coronavirus happened.
The parents are not all right (Gen Medium)
Even in the most privileged households, the pandemic is exposing the farce of how society treats families.
How Europe failed the coronavirus test (Politico)
The contagion’s spread is a story of complacency, overconfidence and lack of preparation.
They could have known....
Vote-by-mail can save the 2020 election (The Atlantic)
It’s a time-tested and straightforward solution, and the time to plan for it is now.
Even...
‘You’re basically right next to the nuclear reactor’ (WaPo)
I could be the last person some of these patients ever see, or the last voice they hear. A lot of people...