Coronavirus

December 17, 2020

This restaurant owner is the face of California’s selective lockdowns

As states like California continue imposing harsh COVID-19 lockdowns on their citizens, government officials gain even more power to decide which businesses get to survive. Unsurprisingly, politicians have given powerful interests preferential treatment. Continue Reading...

December 05, 2020

Moderna’s market-oriented COVID-19 vaccine miracle

When the world faced a incurable pandemic, Big Pharma delivered. Moderna has joined Pfizer in successfully creating a COVID-19 vaccine with breathtaking speed, only to encounter the glacial pace of the government’s “expedited” approval process. Continue Reading...

November 30, 2020

SCOTUS protects churches from COVID-19 overreach

To paraphrase an overrated writer, a spectre is haunting the United States – the spectre of religious repression in the name of stanching the coronavirus. The Supreme Court took a step toward exorcising that threat just before Thanksgiving. Continue Reading...

August 26, 2020

Acton Line podcast: COVID-19 pandemic economics with Dr. David Hebert

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 has brought with it enormous costs. These include, first and foremost, an enormous cost in the terms of human life, with more than 178,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States alone, and at least 814,000 deaths worldwide, as of late August 2020. Continue Reading...

August 07, 2020

Population bust fueled COVID-19 spread: Study

The onslaught of the coronavirus global pandemic suspended the normal working of the economy, but it proved two less-noted truths: The family affects everything, including the economy; and a rising population saves lives. Continue Reading...

May 28, 2020

Coronavirus surges in Latin America

On Wednesday Alejandro Chafuen—the Acton Institute’s Managing Director, International—continued his series of articles on Forbes.com chronicling the impact of the coronavirus in Latin America. While the total number of cases has yet to reach the levels we see in the United States, the rate of infections and related deaths is increasing. Continue Reading...

May 28, 2020

Rev. Robert Sirico: The secular marginalization of the church during COVID-19

As some Americans in some states are being granted the “permission” to return to church services, Rev. Robert Sirico, president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, reminds us that government bureaucrats will never be more concerned about the personal and spiritual needs of believers than their own pastors. Continue Reading...

May 28, 2020

A recipe for economic recovery from COVID-19

With the focus on COVID-19 shifting from the health emergency (easing) to getting the economy going again (glimmers of hope), it’s easy to forget just how good the economy was before the pandemic hit. Continue Reading...

May 27, 2020

Rev. Robert Sirico: Churches are ‘the first of the first responders’

During the coronavirus pandemic, the media crowned a new set of heroes: healthcare workers, essential employees, and first responders. But politicians who classify church attendance as non-essential ignore the fact that churches “are the first of the first responders,” says Acton Institute President and Co-founder Rev. Continue Reading...

May 22, 2020

Minnesota religious leaders resist Gov. Walz’s ban on church gatherings

As Minnesota prepares for its next phase of reopening—which includes malls, casinos, salons, restaurants and bars—local churches have grown frustrated with the lack of clarity and guidance on the expectations for religious communities and houses of worship. Continue Reading...

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