Biden’s At-Home Coronavirus Test Program Epitomizes Our Public Health Failures Biden’s At-Home Coronavirus Test Program Epitomizes Our Public Health Failures
President Biden claims we’re “throwing everything we can at this virus.” But other countries with less to give have done more.
Dec 14, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal
An interview with the newly elected mayor of Boston about building on the accomplishments of progressive pioneers and shaping a new politics at the municipal level.
Dec 14, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols
Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid
The fantasy that we can erect a Fortress America and leave the rest of the world to fend for itself is a deadly delusion.
Dec 13, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves
Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project
Nurses unions from 28 different countries are taking on governments and Big Pharma with a simple demand: Waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, and end the pandemic now.
Dec 3, 2021 / Silvia Federici
Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong
Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.
Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves
This Thanksgiving, I’m Grateful for a President Who Believes in Science This Thanksgiving, I’m Grateful for a President Who Believes in Science
I spend a lot of time criticizing the Biden-Harris administration, but here are a few words of thanks.
Nov 24, 2021 / Elie Mystal
The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough
It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.
Nov 19, 2021 / Nathan Newman
Medical Translation Without Trust Medical Translation Without Trust
Finding a translator in medical settings was difficult enough before the pandemic, but now the solutions come with additional problems.
Nov 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi
Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue
Mass decarceration is exactly what’s needed to ensure that people aren’t simply being shuttled from one inhumane situation to another.
Nov 2, 2021 / Victoria Law for The Nation
Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home
No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.
Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard