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Know Your Enemy: God, Death, and the Pandemic
Sarah Jones discusses her recent essay, “An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic.”
Academia After the Pandemic
A roundtable on how COVID-19 has changed American universities.
A New Deal for Eds and Meds
Organizers now recognize that to remake higher education as a public good, they must fight and win at the national level.
The University We Want
Introducing our Fall 2021 special section, “Back to School.”
The Meaning of the Protests in Cuba
The July 11 protests fused economic and political grievances. A struggle is taking place in Cuba over what happens next.
Anxious at the Nail Salon
As infections from the Delta variant rise, so do concerns among nail salon workers about customers who do not wear masks.
Belabored: Strike Averted at the New Yorker, with Gili Ostfield
Reflections on what The New Yorker Union won, how they did it, and what other workers can learn from their victory.
The Early End of Unemployment Insurance Is Class War
If the Biden administration were serious about helping workers to build power, it would push back against the Republican governors who are ending pandemic unemployment programs early.
The Pandemic Risk Shift
In the face of COVID-19, the political response has been at best temporary relief and at worst indifference. What we need going forward is not just better public health measures, but a response to the economic insecurities and policy failures that it laid bare.
Belabored: Back to Work
If you’re nervous about going back to work, you’re not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights.
Know Your Enemy: The Enemy Within, with Brandy Jensen
Writer, editor, and advice columnist Brandy Jensen answers listener questions about how to be a person again (or for the first time) after the pandemic.
The Tom Cat Bakers’ Long Fight for Justice
The end of the Trump administration and the start of the post-pandemic economic recovery have brought a little optimism to immigrant workers. But many are still struggling to secure their rights and just compensation.
“Were We Not Promised To Be Free?”
The pandemic has revealed how the rapid urbanization fueling India’s economic ascent is rooted in migrant labor.
The Roots of India’s COVID Crisis
Much of what has rendered India a disaster zone is the direct result of Modi’s policies. Yet even before Modi, India had deemphasized the importance of investing in public health and vaccine production infrastructure.
