Can the US Provide a Public Option for Prescription Drugs? Can the US Provide a Public Option for Prescription Drugs?
Patient advocates and health-care experts say the government can get into the generic pharmaceuticals business—and it wouldn’t even require a new law.
Oct 1, 2018 / Joel Dodge and Sean McElwee
The Body in Poverty The Body in Poverty
The decline of America’s rural health system and its toll on my family.
Sep 26, 2018 / Feature / Sarah Smarsh
How Medicare Was Won How Medicare Was Won
The history of the fight for single-payer health care for the elderly and poor should inform today's movement to win for Medicare for All.
Aug 6, 2018 / Natalie Shure
The United States Has a National-Security Problem—and It’s Not What You Think The United States Has a National-Security Problem—and It’s Not What You Think
Conflict abroad is not the biggest threat to most Americans’ lives.
Jul 16, 2018 / Rajan Menon
Can Doctors Lead the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis? Can Doctors Lead the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis?
The solution requires much more than reducing access to the potentially harmful drugs.
Jun 29, 2018 / Michelle Chen
At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive
Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.
Jun 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers
An investigation reveals that food-service workers, housekeepers, and claims processors—many veterans themselves—have lost their jobs under a new accountability law.
May 10, 2018 / Jasper Craven
Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That
With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.
Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne
Virginians Want a Medicaid Expansion. Will the Legislature Deliver? Virginians Want a Medicaid Expansion. Will the Legislature Deliver?
In every legislative district in the state, voters want to see expanded coverage.
Apr 18, 2018 / Sean McElwee, Colin McAuliffe, and Avery Wendell
America Is a Dangerous Place to Be a Kid America Is a Dangerous Place to Be a Kid
An analysis of OECD countries unmasks the ways America is failing its youth.
Apr 12, 2018 / Michelle Chen