Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic? Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic?
I’d like to believe we’ve learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability, our planetary connectedness. But in fact, we seem more atomized and arrogant than ever.
Jun 16, 2022 / Nina Burleigh
The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness
How the pandemic seeded new Astroturf for the right.
May 17, 2022 / Nina Burleigh
Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology
The United States has an obligation to help vaccinate the world.
May 10, 2022 / Ady Barkan
Laughing Ourselves to Death at the Gridiron Dinner Laughing Ourselves to Death at the Gridiron Dinner
As Democrats embrace rugged individualism, the pundit class leans into public health apartheid.
Apr 14, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
The Benefits of Getting the Covid Vaccine as a Pregnant Black Woman The Benefits of Getting the Covid Vaccine as a Pregnant Black Woman
We now have scientific proof that getting vaccinated while pregnant is important—for Black pregnant people, it’s even more critical.
Feb 17, 2022 / Candace Bond-Theriault
The 2 Pandemics Ravaging America The 2 Pandemics Ravaging America
They’re both taking our country apart at the seams.
Feb 3, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
We’re All Tired of This Pandemic—and Some of Us Are Sick We’re All Tired of This Pandemic—and Some of Us Are Sick
But whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad…
Jan 6, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care
Why does the richest country in the world have the most Covid deaths? A primary reason is that the United States does not have a free, universal health care system.
Dec 23, 2021 / Editorial / Abdullah Shihipar for The Nation
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
Stay Outraged, Patriots! Stay Outraged, Patriots!
Why run on policies when you can run on misplaced fury?
Nov 16, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow