Health and Disease

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor. Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.

Public health requires seeing the world from a collective perspective, but US agencies are still dominated by doctors trained to work on an individual level.

Feb 22, 2023 / Eric Reinhart

Pete Buttigieg in front of microphone

Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right

Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.

Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Trey Lamar speaks at a hearing

Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style

The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.

Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba

The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine

The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine

More and more physicians are rejecting the forces of conservatism within their field and joining the grassroots movement to revolutionize American medicine.

Feb 16, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss

The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has made plenty of mistakes, but her push to overhaul the agency deserves our full support.

Feb 9, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Nils Lofgren and Bruce Springsteen onstage.

Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years Bruce Springsteen and These Lost Years

After Covid, he and the E Street Band are celebrating, but also continuing their mourning tour. It won’t end. Until it does.

Feb 6, 2023 / Joan Walsh

The Crisis Killing Black Women

The Crisis Killing Black Women The Crisis Killing Black Women

Misogynoir gained widespread attention in the wake of the violence experienced by Megan Thee Stallion and Meghan Markle, but the problem goes much deeper.

Feb 3, 2023 / Kali Holloway

Meet Dennis Oya, Patient Zero of the TB Outbreak Sweeping Washington’s Prisons

Meet Dennis Oya, Patient Zero of the TB Outbreak Sweeping Washington’s Prisons Meet Dennis Oya, Patient Zero of the TB Outbreak Sweeping Washington’s Prisons

Nation investigation into the latest deadly side effect of mass incarceration.

Jan 30, 2023 / Feature / Katharine S. Walter

Biden’s Former Covid Czar Steps Up to Run the Show

Biden’s Former Covid Czar Steps Up to Run the Show Biden’s Former Covid Czar Steps Up to Run the Show

As public health remains an ongoing concern, Biden’s next chief of staff enters his new role with a record of privatization.

Jan 25, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Kevin McCarthy under a sign that reads

Why Do Republicans Want to Kill Their Voters? Why Do Republicans Want to Kill Their Voters?

The GOP’s pro-smoking crusade is the latest case of conservatives revolting against science to harm their followers.

Jan 23, 2023 / Joan Walsh

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