Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies
We need to be sending more federal research dollars to more people in more places. Instead, the government is doing the opposite.
May 20, 2025 / Abdullah Shihipar, Brandon Marshall, and Alexandra Skinner
Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH
Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.
May 8, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
Voted for Poor Health Voted for Poor Health
Buyers’ remorse for MAGA?
May 7, 2025 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette
Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Pet Food Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Pet Food
You may not think raw food for cats and dogs could be harmful, but new cases suggest these brands and their evangelists could be putting your pets at risk.
Apr 24, 2025 / Emmet Fraizer
Harvard Stands Up Harvard Stands Up
Very real pain is about to be inflicted on students, staff, researchers, and faculty. At least for now, most of the people here are willing to bear that price.
Apr 18, 2025 / Richard Parker
Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define
Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government.
Apr 17, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge
The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.
Apr 10, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again
Public health funding cuts are risking the progress the nation has made in fighting and preventing many forms of the dreaded disease. But few people know it yet.
Apr 9, 2025 / Joan Walsh
These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets
Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.
Mar 26, 2025 / Chuck Collins
How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks
As the Trump administration targets trans people, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.
Feb 25, 2025 / Sarah Lazare