“This may be the time,” he said, “to consider a universal basic wage.” This points to what is usually known as universal basic income—a regular, substantial cash payment to people just for being alive.
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How to build mutual aid that will last after the Coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is inspiring works of wonder, writes Nathan Schneider, but will volunteers and activists have the energy to keep going after the worst has passed?
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The United States has criminalized asylum seeking. Covid-19 gives us a reason to reconsider.
The coronavirus poses a new threat to asylum seekers in detention centers and in crowded camps, writes Kathleen Bonnette of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
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How to talk to people who aren’t taking social distancing seriously
The coronavirus has arrived as politics has become increasingly important to identity, writes Julie Hanlon Rubio. How can we rethread the ties that bind us together, and do so quickly?
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Caring more for each other could have ameliorated the pandemic. It’s not too late.
In a pandemic, no one is safe unless we are all safe, writes Thomas J. Reese, S.J. In the United States, we did not prepare for a pandemic, but it is not too late for solidarity.
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Coronavirus ethics begins with a recognition of our limitations
The United States has a “can do” culture, writes Kevin W. Wildes, S.J., but the pandemic is forcing us to accept that we need clear ethical guidelines about how to allocate scarce medical resources.
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We need more than tax cuts and zero interest rates to fight a coronavirus recession
The federal government has the tools to stabilize the economy in the wake of coronavirus, writes the economist Paul D. McNelis, S.J. We cannot settle for delayed and piecemeal responses.
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We must not allow the coronavirus to rob us of our humanity. How can we (safely) preserve it?
We cannot allow the coronavirus to make us see others as a threat.
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I am a scientist working to stop coronavirus. We should cancel all Masses.
Some bishops have suspended the public celebration of Mass in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Patrick O’Neill, a computational biologist, writes that all U.S. dioceses should do the same.
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For Lent, let’s give up a treat that exploits child labor
The production of chocolate still depends on millions of child laborers in Africa, writes Christie Klimas. Fortunately, both popular and premium brands are moving toward justice for cocoa farmers.