Science and Health

Protest, with someone holding a sign reading NO MANDATE OUR BODIES OUR CHOICE

The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wants to catch us in a trap where either we concede the state’s right to coerce reproduction or we abandon the state’s right to mandate vaccines.

Dec 8, 2021 / David M. Perry

Ted Cruz Is the Disease

Ted Cruz Is the Disease Ted Cruz Is the Disease

The senator is once again attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci and spreading misinformation. There’s a serious side to what the Texan is doing.

Dec 3, 2021 / John Nichols

We Are Witnessing the End of “Roe v. Wade”

We Are Witnessing the End of “Roe v. Wade” We Are Witnessing the End of “Roe v. Wade”

If there is one lesson to be learned from yesterday’s Dobbs hearing, it is that the Supreme Court will gut abortion rights, one way or another.

Dec 2, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Thinking Beyond “Roe”

Thinking Beyond “Roe” Thinking Beyond “Roe”

If Supreme Court rules as expected, a group of committed abortion rights supporters is ready to fight to “liberate abortion.”

Dec 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

Health Care Reform’s History of Utter Failure

Health Care Reform’s History of Utter Failure Health Care Reform’s History of Utter Failure

Cohn shows how repeated failures by Democrats and Republicans to get a decent policy through our 18th-century constitutional structure led to the strategy that produced the Afforda...

Nov 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper

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When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction

As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?

Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.

Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves

Texas Capitol

The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough

It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.

Nov 19, 2021 / Nathan Newman

Flint Water Pipeline

It’s No Surprise Our Water Infrastructure Is So Bad It’s No Surprise Our Water Infrastructure Is So Bad

You’d think the wealthiest country in the world could supply its own population with drinkable water. But you’d be wrong.

Nov 17, 2021 / Rajan Menon

The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”

The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome” The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”

The injuries to US personnel are real, and the cause of the syndrome was not crickets—but excessive secrecy has frustrated investigators and hampered the victims’ efforts to unders...

Nov 17, 2021 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh

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