Musk helping restore Tongan internet; virus outbreak growing

9 February 2022 by Martin Joseph

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Entrepreneur Elon Musk is helping reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials, while repairs on an undersea cable are proving more difficult than first thought. The tsunami severed the sole fiber-optic cable … Read more

How the Pandemic Threw Fuel on a Growing Housing Movement

18 January 2022 by Mike Bond

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