Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies
Mothers are pushed out of the workforce. Maybe it’s time for a market solution.
Apr 5, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Congress Drags Its Feet on Funding Covid Care Congress Drags Its Feet on Funding Covid Care
Elected officials have let the government run out of billions of dollars in pandemic relief funding, and they're still holding back.
Apr 1, 2022 / Aída Chávez
As States Shed Masking Requirements, Uncertainty Lingers for Those Behind Bars As States Shed Masking Requirements, Uncertainty Lingers for Those Behind Bars
Inconsistencies abound at a time when the next surge may be just around the corner, imposing more isolation and greater restrictions on incarcerated people.
Apr 1, 2022 / Victoria Law
Covid-19 Coverage for the Uninsured Is Ending Covid-19 Coverage for the Uninsured Is Ending
With a new surge on the horizon, federal funds for treatment and testing will no longer be made available for the most vulnerable population.
Mar 29, 2022 / Adam Gaffney
Progressives Want to Put Medicare for All Back on the Table Progressives Want to Put Medicare for All Back on the Table
Led by Representatives Cori Bush and Carolyn Maloney, Congress is holding the first hearing since 2019 to examine paths to universal health care.
Mar 24, 2022 / Aída Chávez
The Pandemic Made the Rich $1.7 Trillion Richer The Pandemic Made the Rich $1.7 Trillion Richer
While the pandemic has been hard on the vast majority of Americans, it’s been nothing but good times for the billionaire class.
Mar 22, 2022 / John Nichols
A Working-Class Uprising in Canada? A Working-Class Uprising in Canada?
The organizers and money are from wealthy right-wingers, but the “Freedom Convoy” touches broader popular discontent.
Feb 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Why Teachers Are Dropping Out Why Teachers Are Dropping Out
Covid and the culture wars have turned an exodus of teachers into an emergency.
Feb 21, 2022 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire
“Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point “Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point
How do you run a school without enough staff?
Feb 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler
Palin Redux Palin Redux
Sarah Palin flouts a New York ordinance by dining in an Upper East Side restaurant unvaccinated.—News reports Refusing the vaccine means freedom, she says, And no one can ever nega…
Feb 8, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin