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
The Other Epidemic Killing Americans The Other Epidemic Killing Americans
People are dying at record rates from opioid overdoses, and harm reduction advocates are asking the Biden administration to overhaul how it deals with the crisis.
May 28, 2021 / Michelle Chen
Recent History Recent History
Reviewing the year, in stitches.
May 25, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt
How New York State Let Covid-19 Run Rampant in Prisons How New York State Let Covid-19 Run Rampant in Prisons
First, the state failed to protect people in prison from the virus. Then, it obscured the full scope of the crisis, advocates charge.
May 24, 2021 / Akash Mehta
How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC’s Covid Response How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC’s Covid Response
Mass death was turned into a business opportunity.
May 17, 2021 / Feature / Nina Burleigh
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
How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won
As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections—often with parents’ support.
May 17, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
‘Sometimes I Miss the Lockdown’ ‘Sometimes I Miss the Lockdown’
On silence, solidarity and a feeling, a year later, of life on thin ice in the city.
May 12, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Thomas McKean
Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi
Rage at Modi builds amid catastrophic government failure.
May 11, 2021 / Fahad Shah