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We are told by everyone from the United Nations to Donald Trump that the US is a ‘developed’ economy. The statistics suggest otherwise An emergency field hospital is set up in Central Park as the Covid-19 outbreaks spreads. The US has fewer beds per person than countries such as Libya and Mongolia. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters […] More
There’s a connection between America’s lack of commitment to collective wellbeing and the social disaster we suffer in times of crisis I don’t know if I have had the coronavirus (Covid-19). What I do know is that I developed pneumonia two weeks after returning to Los Angeles in early February from a visit with my […] More
From ill health to alcoholism to suicides, the links between deprivation and reduced life expectancy are becoming clear On the face of it, it is a familiar enough story. “By its end, much of the optimism of the 20th century had faded. Towns and cities … that used to produce steel, glass, furniture or shoes, […] More
Remade conservative majority will hear oral arguments in case that could result in grave new restrictions on abortion access Supreme court to hear arguments in abortion rights case 6.14pm GMT We’re going to wrap this blog up now. Thanks for reading. You can get more here: Related: Newly conservative supreme court to hear arguments in […] More
Mitch McConnell, transgender action and reaction, and authenticity in Dickens Rowan Moore Continuing a new series, our writer considers just what makes the Senate’s majority leader so amazing ‘Horribly good at what he does’: Mitch McConnell. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images I have to confess to an unhealthy obsession with Mitch McConnell, the majority […] More
