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Unsanitized: Senator Tammy Baldwin v. the Bailout
Plus, minting the coin. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 22, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Seven Lessons from the Great Recession
What we must learn from the past to inform the present crisis and emergency response.
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Let’s Not Get Too Good at Living Virtually
Today on TAP: As social beings, we need live contacts
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Lessons From the Pandemic Primaries
What we learned from the Arizona, Florida, and Illinois elections about how to hold electoral contests during the coronavirus outbreak
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Unsanitized: The Ghost of Bailouts Past and Means Testing Present
Plus dispatches from West Virginia and Morocco. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 20, 2020.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Death in Venice and America
Reflections on the fragility of culture in a time of pandemic
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The Best Health System to React to COVID-19
Despite years of underfunding and attempted privatization, the publicly run Veterans Health Administration has a mission to respond to national emergencies, and the expertise to do so.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Coronavirus Just Might Help Us Save the Planet
The last recession brought us the fracking boom, and this one might end our addiction to cheap oil.
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When Even Medicare for All Isn’t Enough
Today on TAP: Hospitals can’t afford the ventilators they need to fight the coronavirus