Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird Happy New Year, It’s Sure Been Weird
I wouldn’t even try to sum up this bizarre year of ours.
Dec 31, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care
Why does the richest country in the world have the most Covid deaths? A primary reason is that the United States does not have a free, universal health care system.
Dec 23, 2021 / Editorial / Abdullah Shihipar for The Nation
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care
What might have happened if taxpayers—rather than investors—had directly funded Theranos’s blood-prick research?
Dec 22, 2021 / James Ledbetter
As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever
American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.
Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart
The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to lift restrictions on mifepristone is good news for people in states that allow telemedicine abortion, but means nothing for everyone ...
Dec 17, 2021 / Renee Bracey Sherman and Dr. Daniel Grossman
The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better
As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference.
Dec 16, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid Travel Bans and Boosters Alone Won’t Protect Us From Covid
The fantasy that we can erect a Fortress America and leave the rest of the world to fend for itself is a deadly delusion.
Dec 13, 2021 / Editorial / Gregg Gonsalves
The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be
Sonia Sotomayor said it best: “The Court should have put an end to this madness months ago.… It failed to do so [earlier], and it fails again today.”
Dec 10, 2021 / Elie Mystal
We Are Witnessing the End of “Roe v. Wade” We Are Witnessing the End of “Roe v. Wade”
If there is one lesson to be learned from yesterday’s Dobbs hearing, it is that the Supreme Court will gut abortion rights, one way or another.
Dec 2, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Thinking Beyond “Roe” Thinking Beyond “Roe”
If Supreme Court rules as expected, a group of committed abortion rights supporters is ready to fight to “liberate abortion.”
Dec 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield