Roundup Top Ten for March 20, 2020
The Shortages May Be Worse Than the Diseaseby Elise A. MitchellSocieties further their own destruction whenever they fail to provide anyone health care, housing, or dispensation from work because of their employment, socioeconomic, or immigration status. |
We Need Social Solidarity, Not Just Social Distancingby Eric KlinenbergTo combat the coronavirus, Americans need to do more than secure their own safety. |
Hurricane Katrina Provides Lessons about Closing Campusesby Andre M. PerryStudents in New Orleans needed resources to return to normalcy. But when racial wealth gaps are the norm, a stumble can become a fall. |
Work Requirements are Catastrophic in a Pandemicby Elisa MinoffInstead, we should be implementing policies that support people’s work in the wage labor force and make it possible for working families to make ends meet. |
Counting Everyone—Citizens and Non-Citizens—In the 2020 Census is Crucialby Brendan A. ShanahanEven without a citizenship question, the Trump administration wants to shape how states reapportion their legislatures. |
Why Sanders Isn’t Winning Over Black Votersby Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorFor millions, even when government “works” it is not working for them. |
An Epicenter of the Pandemic Will Be Jails and Prisons, if Inaction Continuesby Amanda KlonskyHow will we prevent incarcerated people and those who work in these institutions from becoming ill and spreading the virus? |
Democracy: How 1860 Connects to 2020by Daniel W. CroftsIn the years before the Civil War, just as today, minority rule was the norm. White Southerners dominated the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party dominated the federal government. |
College Worth Fighting Forby Ryan BoydProfessors are in a class struggle, a real fight that cannot be won with critique alone. |
We Can’t Forget Women as We Tell The Story of COVID-19by Jennifer BrierWomen who have been medical (and political) subjects of HIV/AIDS also have much to teach us during our current pandemic. |