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Health CareFebruary 22, 2023
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.
Eric Reinhart
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Criminal JusticeFebruary 17, 2023
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.
Rossana Rodriguez and Eric Reinhart
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Jails and PrisonsOctober 11, 2022
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.
Loune Viaud, Pierre Fritznel, Louise Ivers and Eric Reinhart
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Drug War and Drug PolicyAugust 9, 2022
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.
Joseph Friedman and Eric Reinhart
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EconomyMay 12, 2022
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.
Eric Reinhart
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Criminal JusticeDecember 22, 2021
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.
Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart