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    We’re Stuck in Coronavirus Limbo

    A mix of dread and hope. Of reopening and distancing. Of living in two worlds at once.

    By Charlie Warzel

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    No Death Sentences for Minor Offenses

    Releasing more inmates could help stem the spread of the coronavirus in and outside of prisons and jails.

    By The Editorial Board

  3. PhotoOn the Biden for President campaign website, actor Tony Goldwyn and campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders moderated a virtual town hall event on April 19.
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    Welcome to the Skype Pandemic

    The rough-and-ready video quality of journalism during the coronavirus crisis is changing the way we engage with the media.

    By Richard Zoglin

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  1. PhotoKaren Arroyo, a medical assistant at Montefiore Medical Center, with her children Mikayla, far left, Aiden, and Gabby.
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    A Breath of Fresh Air

    A program first founded to help city children escape tuberculosis finds new purpose during the coronavirus pandemic.

    By The Editorial Board

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    Covid-19 Threatens Global Safety Net

    Developing nations will need help with the economic and public health disruptions from coronavirus. But institutions designed to help are being hobbled.

    By The Editorial Board

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    Trump: Why Waste a Crisis?

    The global pandemic is his latest rationale for enacting longstanding conservative goals.

    By The Editorial Board

Op-Ed Columnists

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  3. PhotoMarlon Brando in a scene from the 1962 film ‘Mutiny on the Bounty.” 
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    Mutineers, Raise Your Hands

    Almost every movie reminds Trump of … something it’s not.

    By Gail Collins

  1. Coronavirus Critics’ Picks

    Now is an excellent time to read about the 1918 flu. Or maybe just watch the Fast & Furious movies.

    By Spencer Bokat-Lindell

  2. No Two Rooms Are Alike in Ukrainian Prisons

    Personalized spaces of the incarcerated.

    By Misha Friedman

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    The Firing of the Vaccine Official

    A doctor calls the reassigning of Rick Bright “among the worst decisions ever.” Also: Trump the landlord, Trump the tenant; a resurgence of family life.

  4. Hubris, a Case Study

    Tune in tonight.

    By David Leonhardt

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    Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Looking to the Future

    Readers discuss an article that asked experts to speculate about the next year or two.

  6. What the Great Pandemic Novels Teach Us

    People have always responded to epidemics by spreading rumor and false information and portraying the disease as foreign and brought in with malicious intent.

    By Orhan Pamuk

  7. ‘We Will Make the Best Out of It’: Ramadan Amid a Pandemic

    Some Muslim doctors are saving lives while fasting. For the rest of us, this holy month won’t be heroic but it will be enough.

    By Wajahat Ali

  8. How Joe Biden Should Pick His Running Mate

    Focus first on the office. Then think about the campaign.

    By Richard Moe

  9. Use the Coronavirus Shutdown to Train Workers

    We can use this stoppage in the economy to upgrade our nation’s productivity.

    By Michael Klein

  10. The Money Machine That Can Save Cities

    As Congress fumbles, the Fed’s unlimited ability to create money may be the only lifeline that communities have left.

    By Claudia Sahm