Science and Health

Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?

Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer? Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?

This could be the company’s “Big Tobacco” moment.

Oct 12, 2017 / Feature / Rene Ebersole

A Shimmery Cube

A Shimmery Cube A Shimmery Cube

What is the science behind how we experience architecture?

Oct 11, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Paul Goldberger

The Future of Food

The Future of Food The Future of Food

How do we build a just, sustainable food system?

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Raj Patel, Saru Jayaraman, John W. Boyd Jr., Lindsey Shute, Dana Perls, and Zoë Carpenter

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

Medicare for All crowd

Why Do Republicans (and Some Democrats) Vilify Single Payer? Why Do Republicans (and Some Democrats) Vilify Single Payer?

The answer has everything to do with our campaign-finance system.

Oct 9, 2017 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan

Let’s Talk About Paul Ryan’s Scorching Duplicity on Gun Violence, Mental Health, and, Well, Everything Let’s Talk About Paul Ryan’s Scorching Duplicity on Gun Violence, Mental Health, and, Well, Everything

Congressman Joe Kennedy III calls out the speaker of the House for bending the truth following Las Vegas massacre.

Oct 6, 2017 / John Nichols

When I Can No Longer Work, I Will Be Destitute. What Can I Do?

When I Can No Longer Work, I Will Be Destitute. What Can I Do? When I Can No Longer Work, I Will Be Destitute. What Can I Do?

Reader, you have far more options than you realize.

Oct 5, 2017 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest

On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest

GOP senators who support the bill either don’t know what’s in it, or are lying through their teeth about it.

Sep 21, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Charlie Gard Protest

How Much Is Your Health Worth to You? How Much Is Your Health Worth to You?

Exorbitant drug pricing and bad experimental medicine result from putting health care up for sale.

Sep 21, 2017 / Diary of a Mad Law Professor / Patricia J. Williams

Bernie Sanders Medicare

The Political Genius of Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill The Political Genius of Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill

It blends a principled stand with a crafty incremental approach.

Sep 20, 2017 / Editorial / The Nation

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