Wealthy Countries Have Left the Rest of the World Behind Wealthy Countries Have Left the Rest of the World Behind
Vaccine nationalism bought wealthy countries a return to normalcy, while leaving the Global South with devastating surges.
Jun 22, 2021 / Rajan Menon
Democracy on a Ventilator Democracy on a Ventilator
Two crises, two emergency lockdowns, but only one is called a matter of public health.
Jun 9, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / S. Eudora Smith
America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind? America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind?
A foreign policy of global division makes Americans less safe.
Jun 7, 2021 / Stephen Wertheim
We Can’t Trust Big Pharma to Make Enough Vaccines We Can’t Trust Big Pharma to Make Enough Vaccines
Global vaccine scarcity is not inevitable.
May 31, 2021 / Editorial / Christopher Morten and Matthew Herder
Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step
Now we need to make sure poorer countries have the resources and technical capacity to ramp up production.
May 17, 2021 / Editorial / Gregg Gonsalves for The Nation
‘Where Are the Moderate Hindus?’ ‘Where Are the Moderate Hindus?’
India is reeling from two deadly viruses: Covid-19 and Hindutva—a century-old far-right political ideology whose founders were directly inspired by Hitler’s Nazism and Italian Fasc...
May 14, 2021 / Sunita Viswanath
Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo? Is the Shine Starting to Come Off Bill Gates’s Halo?
The billionaire’s role in perpetuating vaccine apartheid in the name of protecting intellectual property rights has begun to draw criticism.
May 7, 2021 / Tim Schwab
This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World This Is Biden’s Chance to Vaccinate the World
Then-candidate Biden told me he wouldn’t let patents block vaccine access. Tomorrow, he must keep his promise.
May 4, 2021 / Ady Barkan
The Fight Against Vaccine Apartheid Goes Global The Fight Against Vaccine Apartheid Goes Global
Israel’s refusal to vaccinate Palestinians under occupation has stirred widespread outrage—and linked the struggle for justice in Palestine to struggles around the world.
Apr 27, 2021 / Yara M. Asi
The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine
The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong.
Apr 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh