Health, Science & Environment

Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution

Lindsay Beyerstein : Health Insurance

Progressives rejoiced when Sen. Harry Reid announced that the Senate healthcare bill would include a public option. But the jubilation was short-lived.

Sexual Healing

JoAnn Wypijewski : Sex & Sexuality

"Female sexual dysfunction" is a case in point of a runaway medical system that requires huge profits, hence new sicknesses, pills and procedures.

Back Talk: Paul Offit

Christine Smallwood : Mental Health

A doctor defends scientific research against the potentially fatal misperceptions of the anti-vaccine movement.

Progressive Fusion

James Gustave Speth : Environment

Environmentalists must learn to join forces with other agents of change.

The Wrong Path to Conservation

Mark Dowie : Environment

Dangling cargo to win local support, Western enviros have instead aroused ire in Papua New Guinea.

The Stuff of Heartbreak

Doug Henwood : Cultural Criticism & Analysis

When an ardently progressive magazine sponsors a cruise through the fragile waters off the coast of Alaska, the environmental, economic and human realities are ripe for contemplation.

New Power for 'Old Europe'

Mark Schapiro : Regulations & Regulatory Agencies

The EU is an emerging geopolitical force that corporate America must reckon with.

Press Watch

Michael Massing : Media Analysis

Governing the Genome

Ralph Brave

Which genetic modifications should be encouraged and which outlawed?

PR for the 'Book of Life'

Jackie Stevens

An international group of profit-minded biotech advocates has been pushing error-laden predictions re genomes in mainstream exhibit halls, books and articles.

Big Pharma's Payoff

: Medicine/Drugs

Anthrax Anxiety

Bruce Shapiro

A few things about the anthrax scare need to be said.

Profits of Fear

Marc Siegel

GM Food--Another View

Danny Kohl