Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah hosts the website resurgentmalaria.com. Her new book, a political history of malaria, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Currently

  • Why Africa Doesn't Want Foreign Aid

    March 17, 2009

    Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo argues that aid actually undermines the social and economic fabric of the developing world.

  • Scientists Come Out for Human Rights

    January 27, 2009

    After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implications of their work.

2008

2006

  • Don't Blame Environmentalists for Malaria

    March 31, 2006

    Tina Rosenberg is wrong to argue in the New York Times that environmentalists who fought to limit the use of DDT have contributed to the worldwide spread of malaria.

2005

  • 'The Constant Gardener': What the Movie Missed

    August 30, 2005

    As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials.

2002

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Blogs

» The Beat

Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan | "Once again, the loudest case for enlarging the war is being made by those who will not have to fight it..."
John Nichols
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» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
85 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
69 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
61 Comments