Science and Health

Healthcare workers stage a die-in to protest the assault on Gaza at San Francisco City Hall on January 8, 2024.

Health Workers Have Stepped Up for Gaza. Now We Need a Lasting Movement. Health Workers Have Stepped Up for Gaza. Now We Need a Lasting Movement.

The genocide has galvanized workers across America. It’s time to build on that foundation and organize on a much bigger scale.

Apr 9, 2024 / Karim Sariahmed

The Toxic Culture at Tesla

The Toxic Culture at Tesla The Toxic Culture at Tesla

The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.

Apr 9, 2024 / Feature / Bryce Covert

University of Florida Green New Deal

Students at the University of Florida Passed a Historic Pledge for a Green New Deal Students at the University of Florida Passed a Historic Pledge for a Green New Deal

UF is the first and only public university whose student government has given a direct mandate for a Green New Deal. Here’s what happens next.

Apr 9, 2024 / StudentNation / Cameron Driggers and Meagan Lamey

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Gaza during a protest as part of the “People's White House Ceasefire Now Iftar” outside the White House on April 2, 2024, in Washington, DC.

What It Takes to Break Joe Biden’s Zionist Bubble What It Takes to Break Joe Biden’s Zionist Bubble

The president’s rigid ideological commitment has led him to shut out government dissenters—and his own voters.

Apr 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

HUSKY Medicaid Launch Connecticut

Inside Connecticut’s Fight to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants Inside Connecticut’s Fight to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants

In July, the state will expand coverage to undocumented immigrants under age 15. But it still falls short of advocates’ goals.

Apr 4, 2024 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup

The TikTok social media platform's logo is reflected in the eye of a 13-year-old boy as he looks at a computer screen in Bath, England.

“In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers? “In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers?

With TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms using algorithms to send teen viewers addictive, dangerous content—and reaping immense profits—self-regulation has clearly failed.

Apr 2, 2024 / Zephyr Teachout

Attendees cheer as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Tallahassee, Florida, on January 22, 2023, which would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

Abortion Will Be on the Ballot in Florida—but Before Then, a 6-Week Ban Will Be in Effect Abortion Will Be on the Ballot in Florida—but Before Then, a 6-Week Ban Will Be in Effect

The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion restrictions can proceed to the November ballot. But it also greenlighted a six-week abort...

Apr 1, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduces California attorney Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for vice president during an event in Oakland, Calif.,on March 26, 2024.

Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr. Why Silicon Valley Reactionaries Love RFK Jr.

Kennedy’s newly picked running mate, Nicole Shanahan, reflects the necro-futurism of Big Tech.

Apr 1, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Gaza: Eye on the Famine

Gaza: Eye on the Famine Gaza: Eye on the Famine

The rest of the famine in Gaza is accelerating faster than anything we’ve seen this century.

Apr 1, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Pregnancy in Jails: A New Report Finds Flagrant Violations of Illinois Laws

Pregnancy in Jails: A New Report Finds Flagrant Violations of Illinois Laws Pregnancy in Jails: A New Report Finds Flagrant Violations of Illinois Laws

Jails throughout Illinois continually deny, restrict, interfere with, or discriminate against pregnant people’s rights to reproductive care.

Mar 29, 2024 / Victoria Law

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