Governments around the world say they’re engaged in a war against the coronavirus. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the legend of the Mahabharata, fought over 18 days, as he declared, with little warning, a devastating national lockdown. British PM Boris Johnson, who always seems to be mentally screening a film of Winston Churchill in World War II, said that ...

Covid-19 is hard on the elderly, with those 65 and older accounting for 80% of the US deaths from the disease for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released demographic data. But this is true of most illnesses: In 2018, 78% of all US deaths from internal causes (that is, excluding accidents, murders, overdoses and the like) ...

Too many US companies are building empires on the backs of low-wage workers. It’s a mistake to let it continue. California, for one, is fighting back. It sued Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc in state court, contending that the ride-hailing companies violated a new state law by improperly designating drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save on ...