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COVID-19

Deep Space 19

From “Origin of new emergent Coronavirus and Candida fungal diseases—Terrestrial or cosmic?,” which was published in July by Advances in Genetics. Claims that certain pathogens have extraterrestrial origins have been…

Whine On You Crazy Diamond

by Russ Diamond,

From remarks made in July by Russ Diamond, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. I feel that I must personally respond to the incidents of hate and intolerance…

America’s Game

Host Violet Lucca,Guest Kent Russell

The art, violence, mystery, and failure of the XFL

Elder Abuse

by Andrew Cockburn,

Nursing homes, the coronavirus, and the bottom line

Call Me by Your Pain

From first names given to babies born around the world during the early months of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Corona Corona Kumar Corona Kumari Covid Covid Marie Covid Rose Coviduvidapdap…

Triangulation

by Thomas Chatterton Williams,

As of this writing, the United States, which has 4.2 percent of the world’s population, accounts for nearly 30 percent of total COVID-19 mortalities. Among Americans, a common response to…

False Dawn

Host Violet Lucca,Guest Khadijah Queen

The constant surprise of COVID-19

Liberty and the Marketplace

by Brice Particelli,

How the Falwells are expanding their evangelical empire into college football’s highest reaches

This Is Not a Test

by Barrett Swanson,

Why America fails to prevent disasters

States of Emergency

by Christopher Beha,

When President Trump announced several months ago that the spread of the novel coronavirus constituted a national emergency, he invoked—whether he knew it or not—the National Emergencies Act, the 1976…

Essential Business

by Rozina Ali,

Keeping the Bronx fed in the midst of a pandemic