Rafi Schwartz

If we've seen anything over the past few weeks, it's the degree to which the novel COVID-19 form of coronavirus — once it's secured a toehold within a particular locale — has been able to totally overwhelm that area's entire medical capacity within…

These are dark and trying times for the nation. As coronavirus sweeps across cities and states with no sign yet of slowing, people from every walk of life are left worrying about their health, finances, and futures. All the while, lawmakers in…

With America bracing for a possible financial collapse in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, lawmakers are scrambling to put the finishing touches on a $2 trillion relief package that would — in theory at least — help keep people and…

There's something refreshingly clarifying about living through a moment of global catastrophe. Because while a once-in-a-generation pandemic like the coronavirus outbreak has brought out some of the absolute best in humanity, it's also been an…

As coronavirus continues to indiscriminately sweep across the country, new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data suggests that if things keep up, the United States could be headed toward its first annual population decline in history. To begin with,…

As if the prospect of millions dead and total economic collapse isn't horrifying enough during this coronavirus pandemic, it turns out there's yet another thing to worry about as we all hunker down and do our best to stay healthy and sane while the…

More than three years after protesters at the Oceti Sakowin camp burned their makeshift city to the ground ahead of a mandatory evacuation from heavily armored police, members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe were handed a significant victory in…

There's something about a catastrophic global pandemic that brings out the absolute worst in people. From the free market-worshiping right-wing ghouls who would gladly kill your grandmother for a marginal bump of that sweet, sweet stock market, to…

In a sign of just how serious America's coronavirus pandemic has become, the iconically unflappable Waffle House announced this week that it was closing more than 350 restaurant locations across the country to help mitigate the accelerating spread…

The same day that reported U.S. cases of coronavirus nearly doubled over a 24-hour period — from 4,317 to 8,819 according to CNN — President Trump led a manic, marathon press conference that seemed to be as much about grievance-airing as it was…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday that President Trump had ordered a three-month extension for the country's tax filing deadline, pushing Tax Day from April 15 to July 15. Mnuchin's announcement — made as the country scrambles to…

There's a special place in hell for the sort of person who sees a global pandemic as an opportunity to make a quick buck. That applies to regional grifters hoarding much-needed hand sanitizer, and it may well apply to some of the most powerful…

It's hard to say where we'll be as a country when the worst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic recedes and we're finally able to take an accurate accounting of just what sort of damage this has wrought. Likely there will thousands, if not millions,…

Weeks before the full extent of just how damaging coronavirus would be to the United States was publicly known, powerful Republican Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) was busy telling a group of wealthy constituents to prepare for the worst — without,…

By a margin of 27-6, the Idaho Senate voted this week to pass a deeply transphobic piece of legislation that, if signed into law by the state's Republican governor, would effectively prevent Idaho's transgender population from correcting their birth…

As the country — and the world — hunkers down in the midst of a global pandemic that threatens to kill millions of people, the president and his allies have seized upon this public health crisis as an opportunity to inject some anti-Asian bigotry…

With the stock market cratering, businesses floundering, and the American economy teetering on the brink of catastrophic collapse, President Trump announced plans to stave off the prospect of widespread evictions, as more and more people wonder…

As the country — and much of the world — hunkers down amidst the rapidly ballooning coronavirus pandemic, one of America's premier legal institutions had decided that this is the right moment in history to up their obfuscation game, and toss another…

Former Vice President Joe Biden notched another series of decisive primary victories in the race to secure the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, cementing his place as frontrunner ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Biden's successes in…