Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back Nurses Know Better Than Kevin McCarthy: Bring Masks Back
The National Nurses United union is pleading that masks be “universal, in all settings, for all people, regardless of vaccination status.”
Jul 29, 2021 / John Nichols
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Viruses? What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Viruses?
As in previous pandemics, a rise in xenophobic, nationalistic, and militaristic language has returned amid the Covid-19 crisis.
Jul 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi
Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans
Some GOP leaders have done an about-face on vaccines. But they’re to blame for the pandemic’s ongoing spread—and always will be.
Jul 27, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Now Is the Time for Biden to Restaff the Havana Embassy Now Is the Time for Biden to Restaff the Havana Embassy
A never-before-published letter from the US Embassy community in Cuba argues that Washington should sustain full diplomatic functions despite the risks.
Jul 23, 2021 / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande
Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke
But Joe Manchin’s daughter, a company executive, is laughing all the way to the bank.
Jul 23, 2021 / Laura Flanders
Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics
The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.
Jul 23, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder
3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop Covid and Save Lives 3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop Covid and Save Lives
Unless the president changes course, and confronts Big Pharma, the past six months will indelibly tarnish his legacy.
Jul 22, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves
Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America
If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?
Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually
Reflections on ruptured time.
Jul 14, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Patricia J. Williams
Disabling Utopia to Save It Disabling Utopia to Save It
Society can benefit from conjuring worlds that model diversity and inclusion.
Jul 14, 2021 / Feature / s.e. smith