Eric Reinhart

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Eric Reinhart, an anthropologist of law and public health, is a psychoanalyst and physician at Northwestern University.

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson, left, and Paul Vallas

Chicago’s Election Will Shape the Future of Public Safety in America Chicago’s Election Will Shape the Future of Public Safety in America

Paul Vallas promises that he’ll grow the police force. Brandon Johnson says that to build safety, he’ll “invest in people.” What does that mean, and what are voters choosing betwee...

Mar 31, 2023 / Eric Reinhart

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor. Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.

Public health requires seeing the world from a collective perspective, but US agencies are still dominated by doctors trained to work on an individual level.

Feb 22, 2023 / Editorial / Eric Reinhart

memorial for Isidro Valverde

After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops

Officers in Chicago killed Isidro Valverde and then lied about it—part of a pattern at CPD. We must reallocate excessive police funding to build systems of supportive care.

Feb 17, 2023 / Rossana Rodriguez and Eric Reinhart

A Cholera Outbreak in a Haitian Prison Threatens to Kill Hundreds Within Days

A Cholera Outbreak in a Haitian Prison Threatens to Kill Hundreds Within Days A Cholera Outbreak in a Haitian Prison Threatens to Kill Hundreds Within Days

A deadly epidemic is surging in a penitentiary built for 800 people but containing nearly 4,000. Without immediate inmate release and medical care, hundreds may soon be dead.

Oct 11, 2022 / Loune Viaud, Pierre Fritznel, Louise Ivers, and Eric Reinhart

Opioids identified as part of street drug-checking by the Toronto-based Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation research agency. A person with blue-purple gloves holds up a tray of opioid samples.

Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive

US policy is keeping public health officials, scientists, and emergency-room doctors in the dark about a growing manufactured plague.

Aug 9, 2022 / Joseph Friedman and Eric Reinhart

A pair of hands holding a stack of bills.

The Blind Spot in Medicare for All The Blind Spot in Medicare for All

If we adopt a single-payer structure without remaking the bureaucracy, we will perpetuate the perversity at the core of our medical system.

May 12, 2022 / Eric Reinhart

Prisoners in Mississippi getting the covid vaccines

As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever

American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.

Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart

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