The Grimness of American Individualism
From anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers to legislators banning books and terrorizing trans kids, people are going out of their way to make life worse for everyone else. When did we stop caring for one another?
COVID
There Is No Post-Covid
With few healthcare lessons learned, pandemic mandates are being lifted, and we're becoming increasingly resigned to live with the risk.
Omicron Is Thriving Off America’s Obsession With Work
Our culture presses us to work through illness, and it’s the forced choice to clock in that will define the consequences of the pandemic’s next stage.
Can Anyone Figure Out the CDC Guidelines?
Covid rates have never been higher. Yet people are behaving as if the pandemic is over. But with so much inscrutable advice, is it any wonder?
COVID Medical Costs Leave Families in Dire Straits
The financial fallout of medical bills generated by COVID infections could be the next phase of the country’s pandemic disaster.
Gloves Are Off on School Mask Mandates
With the exponentially more infectious Delta variant threatening unvaccinated kids and GOP legislators fighting against mask mandates in the classrooms, prepare for all-out wars at school-board meetings between conservatives and people trying to protect their kids.