Subterms
Millions of Americans are trapped. They need higher wages, now Amelie Ratliff The 2019 Raise the Wage Act would lift 40 million Americans out of working poverty, but it sits dormant in the Senate ‘Our federal minimum wage is set at an abysmally low $7.25 an hour, or just over $15,000 a year. This is […] More
Corona in Corona: how the deadly virus shook a neglected neighborhood A woman wearing a mask in Corona, Queens. Photograph: Ryan Christopher Jones/The Guardian The toll the coronavirus has taken on the Queens neighborhood in NYC tells a story of race, poverty and inequality in America by Amanda Holpuch in New York Main image: A […] More
‘Here’s a bedsheet, make a parachute!’ Republicans say, pushing us out of a plane Hamilton Nolan The heart of the Republican governing philosophy causes ludicrously insufficient responses to an existential crisis ‘The fundamental purpose of the Republican party is to cut taxes and otherwise serve the interests of the rich.’ Photograph: Vladimir Smirnov/Tass The Republican […] More
The Guardian view on the EU and Covid-19: better late than never Editorial Europe is in the pandemic frontline but unity among the nations has been rare. That may be changing – not before time Ursula von der Leyen and the European commission have been tasked with creating a recovery fund alongside the EU’s next […] More
With working Americans’ survival at stake, the US is bailing out the richest Without significant oversight, Congress’s economic relief bill will leave millions of everyday Americans in financial peril Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage People wait for the San Antonio Food Bank to begin food distribution as […] More
Wisconsin’s primary subjected people of color to yet another Covid-19 disadvantage David Bowen The threat of the coronavirus is only compounded by a legacy of racial disparities that makes Milwaukee one of the worst places to be black in the US Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Voters […] More
The Guardian view on Trump and coronavirus: endangering American lives Editorial The abject failure of the administration has magnified this crisis. The president is already trying to pass the buck Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage ‘An utter failure of leadership – the lack of will, intelligence, basic competence or even consistency […] More
When schools move online, poorer students fall behind. This digital divide existed long before Covid-19, but now it is thrown into sharp relief It started with a text from an old friend: “I regret to inform you that Bothell High is literally closed for coronavirus today.” My high school alma mater was one of the […] More
