Just a little more than a decade ago, Americans lived through a very different kind of crisis — a financial collapse — that exposed similar fragilities in American society. The government’s response was inadequate. The recovery was still underway when the coronavirus arrived, and partly because recovery had come so slowly, America’s political leaders had failed to take advantage of the intervening years to prepare for the inevitability of fresh tests. The nation cannot afford a repeat performance, particularly as other challenges to our society already loom, most of all the imperative to slow global warming. The United States has a chance to emerge from this latest crisis as a … Continue reading The Editorial Board – The New York Times