Science and Health

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

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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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Letters From the June 29/July 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 29/July 6, 2020, Issue

Labor Agonistes… No act of altruism…

Jun 16, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers, Gary Younge, and Sasha Abramsky

Dim Reaper

Dim Reaper Dim Reaper

Our president endangers public health for the bottom line.

Jun 16, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Stephen Miller

Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List

With new rules targeting undocumented students and asylum-seekers, the Trump administration continues to lash out at immigrants.

Jun 16, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

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