Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US
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GDP will crash this quarter, but it’s not a catastrophe in itself. The fall is a measure of the effectiveness of the lockdown
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During the Great Recession, Republicans favored a do-nothing policy. Now they are singing a different tune -
The US passed a grim milestone on the same day it reported a record number of unemployment claims – 3.3m in just a week
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Americans are about to learn something horrifying: how irrational it is for health insurance to be linked to your employment status -
Predictions for how the coronavirus outbreak will effect politics are unreliable. Here’s why
Spotlight
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The American wing of the movement sees big tech as a target of attack while populists in the rest of the world see it as their best chance of escaping intellectual hegemony
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Editorial: Huge public support for health and care workers gives reason to hope that some good may come out of this crisis -
Editorial: The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to expose the fragility of our food system. But will we choose long-term solutions or short-term fixes? -
Editorial: The coronavirus crisis has exposed the holes in the UK’s welfare net. As unemployment rises, ministers will have to do more so that fewer people fall through them
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