Health and Disease

Jewelle Gomez

A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself

Scenes from a pandemic: 13

Jun 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Jewelle Gomez

Trump's Tulsa rally

The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It. The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It.

In Tulsa, the president says zilch about Covid-19 deaths, and a lot about his walk down that ramp at West Point.

Jun 23, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Kids

ICE Detention Centers Are Covid-19 Hotbeds ICE Detention Centers Are Covid-19 Hotbeds

Pence claims the pandemic is on its way out. The numbers tell a different story, both in and outside of prisons.

Jun 19, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans

Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans

A decade of inaction on climate change has put even more lives at risk.

Jun 18, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Dean Russell, Elisabeth Gawthrop, Veronica Penney, Ali Raj, and Bridget Hickey

Doctor picking up a vial

The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Belong to the People The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Belong to the People

The US government has the authority under existing law to break patent monopolies.

Jun 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Ady Barkan and Zain Rizvi

When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19

When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19 When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19

Why is the capital of one of the most progressive states in the country so backward when it comes to public health?

Jun 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves

Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health

Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health Jair Bolsonaro Isn’t Just a Hazard to Brazil’s Health

Brazil’s president and Argentina’s Alberto Fernández offer opposing visions of politics in the age of Covid-19.

Jun 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Jacob Sugarman

Mural

The First Wave of Covid-19 Isn’t Over Yet The First Wave of Covid-19 Isn’t Over Yet

Even with a competent president, we’d still be in deep trouble.

Jun 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer

A cell block of Cummins Unit

Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak

Inmates say guards treated them like “lepers” as Covid-19 tore through the penitentiary.

Jun 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Molly Minta

NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott

NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott

A debate heats up among NBA players over whether to return to the court amid nationwide protests against racist violence.

Jun 16, 2020 / Dave Zirin

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