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USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared
State officials and growers say Trump’s Agriculture Department has been woefully slow to respond to farm crisis caused by coronavirus.
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Trump called PPE shortages 'fake news.' Health care workers say they're still a real problem.
Doctors and nurses told POLITICO they're still recycling protective equipment and worry vulnerable areas are being overlooked.
Canada's top doctor has many fans — but she's also facing a backlash
Chummy Senate Democrats jump into veep stakes
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History Dept.
What Phyllis Schlafly’s Heirs Could Learn From Her
The Hulu series reminds us that her greatest strength was toughness without anger.
letter from florida
Florida’s No-Rules Vibe Gets a Coronavirus Reality Check
Florida’s governor is desperate to get the state back to work. But the tourism industry is moving much more cautiously.
History Dept.
The Time a New York Governor Disobeyed the Federal Government
When Al Smith had the chance not to enforce Prohibition, he took it.
A Republican Crusader Takes on Oklahoma’s Prison Machine
In the state that locks up more of its citizens than any other, a former politician is using the ballot box—and some surprising alliances—to nudge his own party toward change.
OPINION
A Second Covid Crisis Is Coming
If we don’t act now, women and girls will be suffering from the pandemic’s fallout for decades to come.
Stop Looking on the Bright Side: We’ll Be Screwed By the Pandemic for Years to Come
Unfortunately, the history of the past generation justifies pessimism about the next one.
Justice Reform
New York Tried to Get Rid of Bail. Then the Backlash Came.
A national movement stalled by backlash politics gets some new wind at its back.
OPINION | 2020
Biden Is to 2020 as Trump Was to 2016
Four years ago, voters wanted anger. Now they want empathy.
History Dept.
Another Time a President Used the “Emergency” Excuse to Restrict Immigration
It was 1921, and it changed the character of the United States for decades.
The Big Idea
What Covid Is Exposing About the Climate Movement
OPINION | Fourth Estate
Don’t Waste Stimulus Money on Newspapers
You wouldn’t put a dead man on a ventilator, would you?
2020
Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot?
Social distancing makes it hard to get petition signatures. And for the Libertarians and Green Party, that’s an existential crisis.
How many coronavirus cases have been found in each U.S. state?
Using data from the COVID Tracking Project, we’re following how each state is responding to Covid-19.
Trump team moves to scrap protections for LGBTQ patients
The health department's top civil rights official also defended the administration's approach to vulnerable populations.
‘This guy hasn’t changed one iota’: Coronavirus or not, it’s the same old Trump
Crises change most presidents. Not this one.
‘The political honeymoon may be ending’
After an unprecedented, bipartisan rescue effort, the next relief bill will be much harder to pass.
‘There’s room for him to move’: Progressives press Biden on health care
Sanders forces are pushing hard for more liberal policies.
Trump administration reverses prisoner coronavirus release policy, advocates say
On Monday, some prisoners were told that officials were no longer considering early releases for inmates who have served less than half their sentence.
A Republican crusader takes on Oklahoma’s prison machine
In the state that locks up more of its citizens than any other, a former politician is using the ballot box—and some surprising alliances—to nudge his own party toward change.
How to Build a Post-Covid “New Normal”
It’s going to take much more than vaccines and plans from governors. A highly specific guide to what we’ll need next to keep society safe.
Trump Is Using the Defense Production Act All Wrong
Yes, we need to mobilize industry to make masks. There’s a better way to make it happen.
Why climate activists aren't celebrating historic emissions cuts
They are zeroing in on the battle over once-in-a-generation government spending that will shape climate efforts for decades.
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