Conor Friedersdorf
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Getty / The Atlantic Against the Insurrection Act
President Trump and Senator Tom Cotton want to use the military to quell riots. That would be catastrophic.
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Stephen Maturen / Getty The Protesters Deserve the Truth About the Coronavirus
Public-health experts should strive to provide a neutral accounting of risk.
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Gorb Andrii / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / ... Police Reform Is Popular. Rioting Is Not.
Once the fires are out, what is the best way to secure justice?
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Scott Olson / Getty Trump’s Looting Tweet Violates His Oath of Office
The president is supposed to protect and defend the nation’s supreme laws. Shooting looters is unconstitutional.
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Wikimedia / The Atlantic The Regulatory State Is Failing Us
Tyler Cowen suggests how to address some of the biggest obstacles to fighting COVID-19.
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The Atlantic / Getty Why Are So Many Republicans Remaining Silent?
Not a single congressional Republican from Florida was willing to comment about President Trump’s attacks on their former colleague Joe Scarborough.
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NIH / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The ... Maybe Trump Isn’t Lying
The president does not seem to grasp the most basic aspects of the public-health crisis.
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Getty / The Atlantic Don’t Anguish Over Whom to Believe
Pressure to pick a side in sexual-assault allegations can do more harm than good.
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LOGAN CYRUS / AFP / Getty Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously
This is not a straightforward battle between a pro-human and a pro-economy camp.
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Paul Hennessy / NurPhoto via Getty Food Banks Can’t Go On Like This
Demand is spiking. And meeting it is costlier than ever. Without more changes to federal and state food assistance, the status quo is unsustainable.
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PAUL RATJE / Agence France-Presse / AFP / ... Masks Are a Tool, Not a Symbol
Lives will be lost if Americans allow the culture war to determine whether they cover their face in public.
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Alex Brandon / AP Images The Implications of Trump Derangement Syndrome
Even now, vehement Trump supporters seem to believe that most criticism of the president is explained by widespread TDS.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Melania Trump’s Birthday Gift
Nothing says “happy birthday” like the zip codes, email addresses, and mobile numbers of 1 million Americans.
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The Atlantic How to Protect Civil Liberties in a Pandemic
There are much bigger worries than temporary stay-at-home orders.
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JEFF PACHOUD / AFP / GETTY Let Volunteers Take the COVID Challenge
Young, healthy, informed people should be allowed to participate in vaccine trials.
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Misha Friedman / Getty Hospitals Must Let Doctors and Nurses Speak Out
Nicholas Christakis says that “clamping down on people who are speaking is a kind of idiocy of the highest order.”
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Jim Vondruska / Reuters The Emergency in Florida Jails
Everyone is being ordered to practice social distancing. Except those who are being ordered into places where that’s impossible.
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Gary Hershorn / Reuters The Wide World of Socially Distanced Sports
A few creative suggestions for programming that can safely entertain a television audience during the pandemic
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Even Now, Criminal Defendants Have Rights
During a pandemic, the presumption of innocence still applies.
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Giles Clarke / Getty Can’t We at Least Give Prisoners Soap?
As coronavirus fears spread among incarcerated people and those advocating on their behalf, I’ve heard again and again about soap.
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