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Asylum seekers plead for assistance from a dinghy off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa coast on April 17th, 2016. (Photo: Patrick Bar/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

The Raft of the Medusa

Will European politics bury the human rights laws it once created?

Lisa Mullenneaux ·

'It's Disintegrated, Basically': Last Fully Intact Canadian Ice Sheet Collapses

The formation was the final survivor of its kind in the nation's Arctic

Lisa Newcomb ·

An Italian Carabinieri officer, wearing a respiratory mask, stands guard at a road block on April 10, 2020 in Milan, Italy.

Milan's Plan to Limit Cars After COVID-19 Lockdown Lauded as 'Excellent Example of #BuildBackBetter'

"Of course, we want to reopen the economy, but we think we should do it on a different basis from before."

Jessica Corbett ·

One of the reasons the Trump administration might be so unhappy with the WHO is that it works with ALL countries, including those that are not allies of the United States. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

De-Funding the World Health Organization: Unethical, Cruel, and Dangerous for the World

COVID-19 has shown just how deeply interconnected people are. Now is precisely the time to be increasing global cooperation, not cutting funding to the WHO.

Ariel Gold ·

Young protesters attend the Global Climate Strike in London on March 15, 2019.

Pairing 'Green Deal' With 'Just Recovery' in EU, Groups Embrace Tackling COVID-19 and Climate Emergency in Tandem

"The countries that have signed this letter are absolutely right to say that the E.U. should use the Green Deal as a starting point for their economic recovery efforts."

Jessica Corbett ·

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. There was supposed to have been greater uniformity in response. (Photo: Shutterstock)

What the Coronavirus Says about Us

Trump’s message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment—"get it yourselves"—is grimly appropriate in a country without national health care.

John Feffer ·

This reckless disregard for the real-world lessons being taught by the virus was by no means confined to the Post. (Photo: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images)

To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play ‘Simulitis’

The price of not stopping the coronavirus, it turns out, is too great for any nation to pay; that’s the lesson the real world is teaching us, and one we have to heed.

Jim Naureckas ·

Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Ramaioli with templates they used to 3-D print life-saving valves for ventilators to help those stricken with severe coronavirus complications.

Italians Found Way to 3-D Print Key Ventilator Piece for $1 to Help Battle Coronavirus—So the Company With the Patent Is Threatening to Sue

"There were people whose lives were in danger, and we acted. Period."

Eoin Higgins ·

During the COVID-19 coronavirus emergency, tourists on the quay of the port of Naples are checked with a thermo scanner by Civil Protection personnel, dressed in overalls and masks to protect themselves. (Photo: Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Disaster Capitalism and the Real Culprit in the Italian Covid-19 Catastrophe

Klein showed how corporate elites worldwide have repeatedly and brutally used "the public’s disorientation following a collective shock—wars, coups, terrorist attacks, market crashes or natural disasters—to push through radical pro-corporate measures."

John Buell ·

A young woman sings from the window in Italy, March 13, 2020. Some people in the country asked the public to stand on the balcony and sing or play something, to make people feel united in the quarantine.

'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World

"This is why so many people through many centuries fall in love with Italy."

Eoin Higgins ·

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