In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness
Afro-feminist movements push for comprehensive sex education, a cultural shift, and exceptions to a total abortion ban.
Feb 22, 2023 / Photo Essay / Natalia Perez-Gonzalez
Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor. Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.
Public health requires seeing the world from a collective perspective, but US agencies are still dominated by doctors trained to work on an individual level.
Feb 22, 2023 / Eric Reinhart
“The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes “The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes
The paper’s anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.
Feb 20, 2023 / Jack Mirkinson
Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right
Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.
Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer
America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market America’s Toxic Romance With the Free Market
A conversation with Naomi Oreskes about her new book with Erik M. Conway, The Big Myth, and how market fundamentalists convinced Americans to loathe government.
Feb 17, 2023 / Q&A / Claudia Dreifus
Apartheid American-Style Apartheid American-Style
The City of Jackson versus the Mississippi State Legislature.
Feb 16, 2023 / Makani Themba
The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine The Fight for the Soul of American Medicine
More and more physicians are rejecting the forces of conservatism within their field and joining the grassroots movement to revolutionize American medicine.
Feb 16, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
For Decades, the Ojibwe Tribe Shunned Scientists—Until Their Partnership Became Vital For Decades, the Ojibwe Tribe Shunned Scientists—Until Their Partnership Became Vital
In the Midwest, a sacred wild rice plant has slowly vanished. University scientists and indigenous resource managers have combined their expertise to try to save it.
Feb 15, 2023 / Feature / Nancy Averett
What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People
From climate change, to policing, to labor rights, to the Covid-19 pandemic, here are the issues that young people hope Biden will focus on after his SOTU address.
Feb 9, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has made plenty of mistakes, but her push to overhaul the agency deserves our full support.
Feb 9, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves