Nurse Darian Sumbingco administers the Covid-19 vaccine to Chris Sanchez, 34, who is homeless, October 7, 2021 as part of a peer ambassador recruitment by Los Angeles County Health Officials in the homeless community. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for only $2 a month! Thank you … Read more
George Aumoithe. (Photo by Oriana Koren) One glaring revelation of the Covid-19 crisis is how ill-prepared the United States turned out to be for an unexpected national medical emergency. There are deep historical reasons for why our welfare state proved incapable of dealing with the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic—reasons that predate the Trump administration’s … Read more
Demanding more: Moms 4 Housing activist Misty Cross in front of the house in Oakland, Calif., that she and other local homeless mothers occupied in 2019. (Philip Pacheco / AFP via Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. … Read more
A sign along a highway on the Navajo Reservation in May 2020. (Brian van der Brug/Getty Images) More than 18 months into the pandemic, the Navajo Nation was once the territory in the United States hit hardest from Covid, is now one of the safest. As early as March 2020, clan members gathered for a … Read more
A health worker prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. ( (Joseph Prezioso / AFP) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks for signing up. For more of The nation, read our latest issue. … Read more
On January 7, 2022, the day judges heard arguments against Covid-19 vaccination rules from President Joe Biden, people poured salt on the front seat of the US Supreme Court building. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s … Read more
Ohio National Guard members put on PPE as they prepare to perform COVID-19 testing at a testing site on January 5, 2022 in Akron, Ohio. (Matthew Hatcher / Getty Images) Is Omicron the friendlier, gentler Covid we’ve been waiting for? Less fatal and more like the flu? Mike Davis comments on the pandemic – and … Read more
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Prisoners at the Bolivar County Correctional Facility in Cleveland, Miss., receive a Covid-19 vaccination. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest … Read more
Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.). (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks … Read more