Current Readings Around Town
| Title | Pub Date | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letters to the Editor: Here’s a better name than ‘Chinese virus’: Trump virus : | 03/20/2020 | n/a | Los Angeles Times |
| Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus : | 03/09/2020 | David Remnick | New Yorker |
| Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb : I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect | 02/23/2020 | Carl Gibson | Guardian |
| Bill Barr Must Resign : The attorney general is working to destroy the integrity and independence of the Justice Department, in order to make Donald Trump a president who can operate above the law. | 02/17/2020 | Donald Ayer | Atlantic Magazine |
| Candidates Cry Foul in North Side Statehouse Race : Appointed to a legislative vacancy 38 days before an election, Yoni Pizer’s candidacy seems inevitable. In most states, it wouldn’t be so easy. | 02/17/2020 | Edward McClelland | Chicago Magazine |
| The Attempted Corporate Takeover of .Org : A shady private equity transaction could open up nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to financial exploitation, and threats to their security and privacy. | 01/22/2020 | David Dayen | American Prospect |
| What is private equity, and why is it killing everything you love? : Private equity led to the closing of Toys R Us and cost 30,000 workers their jobs — and it’s hardly the only example of a deal gone wrong. | 01/06/2020 | Emily Stewart | Vox |
| Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon’s Legal Concerns : | 01/02/2020 | Kate Brannen | Just Security |
| Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion : The inside story of President Trump’s demand to halt military assistance to an ally shows the price he was willing to pay to carry out his agenda. | 12/29/2019 | Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman, Mark Mazzetti | New York Times |
| What the Roman Senate’s Grovelling Before Emperors Explains about GOP Senators' Support for Trump : | 12/10/2019 | Timothy Joseph | The Conversation |
