Why Aren’t the Health Workers Fighting West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic Being Given Basic Protective Gear? Why Aren’t the Health Workers Fighting West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic Being Given Basic Protective Gear?
The failure to protect workers is worsening an already dire public health crisis.
Sep 19, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why Liberians Thought Ebola Was a Government Scam to Attract Western Aid Why Liberians Thought Ebola Was a Government Scam to Attract Western Aid
Decades of corruption have left Liberians suspicious of their government.
Sep 16, 2014 / Sara Jerving
Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages? Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages?
Long-acting reversible contraceptives could revolutionize reproductive healthcare—if only politicians would get out of the way.
Sep 15, 2014 / Michelle Chen
With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month
While the tech world fawns over the new iPhone 6, labor abuses abound at an Apple factory in China.
Sep 10, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How First Nations in Canada Are Winning the Fight Against Big Oil How First Nations in Canada Are Winning the Fight Against Big Oil
Recent militant action in Canada is leading a global movement to protect frontier resources.
Sep 10, 2014 / Audrea Lim
Survival of the Sexiest Survival of the Sexiest
How evolutionary psychology went viral.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mal Ahern and Moira Weigel
Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda
Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick is making an issue of single-payer healthcare reform.
Sep 5, 2014 / John Nichols
Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day
The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders
What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common
Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.
Aug 28, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions
Advocates behind a national bus tour want to enlist young people in the fight to repeal the Hyde Amendment.
Aug 27, 2014 / Dani McClain