By Beatrix Hoffman* – Newsweek Even as they put their own lives on the line, health care workers are confronted with another, agonizing fear: that they will have to make choices about who lives and who dies. Rationing of masks and ventilators has become an increasing reality…
By Benjamin Novak and Patrick Kingsley – The New York Times Prime Minister Viktor Orban can now rule by decree. Doctors worry he won’t use that power to improve the country’s coronavirus response BUDAPEST — In the days since the Hungarian Parliament gave Prime Minister Viktor…
By Cecilia Capanna* – IlDigitale.it Covid-19 spreads all over the world, WHO declares it’s a pandemic. A global overview on how Countries are dealing with the emergency.
By Selam Gebrekidan* – The New York Times Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?
By Lili Bayer – POLITICO While the new legislation remains in place, no elections can be held and Orbán’s government will be able to suspend the enforcement of certain laws The Hungarian parliament on Monday voted by a two-thirds majority to allow the government of Prime…
By Pietro Garau* The Democratic establishment has concentrated political warfare on one goal: the removal of Donald J, Trump. It is an obsessive fixation, and a convenient one.
By Brian Wong – The Diplomat, Asia-Pacific By shipping medical supplies to European countries, China is seeking to boost its image as a responsible global leader. The COVID-19 outbreak has taken the world by storm, leading to a near-total standstill in international…
Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes In emergencies, things are done at speed, often without due process. That has become apparent as the coronavirus pandemic picks up pace.
By Democracy Now! * Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering next to…
By Oliver Darcy* – CNN Business New York, March 18, 2020 – Two polls released this week show the troubling effects that weeks of dismissive and conspiratorial coverage of the novel coronavirus from Fox News and other right-wing media outlets and personalities had on…
