Helio Fred Garcia examines how Trump’s policies and rhetoric threaten Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of equality and justice.

2024 exposed a critical crisis in journalism as fear replaced courage and elite media compromised integrity, threatening democracy’s foundation and demanding a bold call to accountability.

October 2020 began with a surprise.

But he continued with his scheduled activities, unmasked, and did not disclose his positive status.

By August 31, more than 193,000 Americans had died from the virus.

“In a health security crisis, speed is essential… the specter of rapid community transmission and exponential growth is real and daunting.”

It is part of Trump’s playbook and has been for years. 

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization identified three necessary conditions to contain the outbreak.

The National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) is just one of many medical intelligence units nested within the U.S. intelligence agencies.

“And we didn’t have one again until the very first day of President Joe Biden’s term, when he re-established the National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense.”

Today we begin a new weekly column by crisis management expert and professor of leadership and communication Helio Fred Garcia. The column will excerpt passages from his new book on the failed U.S. response to COVID-19 and lessons for leaders: The Trump Contagion: How Incompetence, Dishonesty, and Neglect Led to the Worst-Handled Crisis in American History.

In a hearing purportedly on the source of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene called for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be imprisoned for “crimes against humanity.”

Ineffective or malign leaders often fail to rise to the challenges before them and almost always make matters worse.

Judge Terry A. Doughty’s ruling enjoining federal government departments and employees from urging or even encouraging social media platforms to remove false and dangerous information is an affront to justice, to democracy, and to truth.

Today we commemorate the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.