Lockdown

Back to school: The urgent need for normality

In the obsession with infection metrics, we seem to have lost sight of what’s important about school itself

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What would MLK say in an age of Covid-19 segregation?

Many people may soon be facing a choice between civil disobedience and Covid-19 restrictions, for which the words of America’s iconic civil-rights leader remain boldly relevant

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Experts, know your place

Morality isn’t scientific

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How the pandemic has exacerbated our struggle for dignity

David Goodhart’s recent book is a reminder that we need to look out for those whose lives, jobs and purpose are disappearing

Books
How the pandemic has remade women ‘the Angel in the House’

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, has a year of lockdowns shown us that equality in the home is still a fantasy?

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Beware the power of muscle memory

The ability to train our malleable minds is both a blessing and a curse—as the grand social re-engineering experiment of Covid-19 lockdowns is revealing

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The New Keynesian inflation experiment

A post-pandemic surge in US asset prices has settled an old economics argument: boosting the money supply does lead to higher prices

Features
Mutant variations and the danger of lockdowns

Have non-pharmaceutical interventions, including lockdowns and social distancing, enabled more dangerous virus variants to thrive?

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Spit for freedom

Is it time to ditch the PCR?

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How the government has exploited our human response to danger

Olivia Hartley speaks to Laura Dodsworth about face masks, religious faith, and how public health has become a criminal justice matter

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