An HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Staged a 7-Day Hunger Strike in an ICE Detention Facility An HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Staged a 7-Day Hunger Strike in an ICE Detention Facility
Protesting prolonged detention, substandard medical care, and parole denial, Jesus Rodriguez Mendoza may soon stop eating again.
Dec 12, 2017 / John Washington
Prosecuting Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women Helps No One Prosecuting Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women Helps No One
Kasey Dischman was charged with a crime for overdosing and delivering her daughter prematurely. She’s still in jail.
Dec 1, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?
We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?
Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon
The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet
A blue-collar manufacturing town in southern Appalachia offers a roadmap for reclaiming the Internet’s utopian potential.
Nov 28, 2017 / Evan Malmgren
In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive
The disparity between infection rates in incarcerated and non-incarcerated women highlights the deeply unequal state of our criminal-justice system.
Nov 24, 2017 / Akilah Wise
Oppose Alex Azar, President Trump’s Pick for Health and Human Services Secretary Oppose Alex Azar, President Trump’s Pick for Health and Human Services Secretary
While he was at Eli Lilly, the company more than tripled the price of its best-selling insulin.
Nov 22, 2017 / NationAction
Alex Azar, Trump’s HHS Pick, Has Already Been a Disaster for People With Diabetes Alex Azar, Trump’s HHS Pick, Has Already Been a Disaster for People With Diabetes
While he was at Eli Lilly, the company more than tripled the price of its best-selling insulin.
Nov 21, 2017 / James Elliott
Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail
Bernie Sanders and John Conyers are proposing massive changes, for a huge number of people, in a very short space of time. There’s a better, less risky way.
Nov 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland
States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents States of Neglect: Oklahoma, Iowa, and Maine Are Failing Disabled Residents
Individuals with disabilities helped saved Medicaid at the federal level. Now states are abandoning them.
Nov 14, 2017 / David M. Perry
A Resounding Victory for Health Care in Maine A Resounding Victory for Health Care in Maine
Voters approved an expansion of Medicaid by a wide margin—and other states are paying attention.
Nov 8, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter