Science and Health

Farmworkers in California

Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home

No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.

Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard

The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir

The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir The Mysteries of the Childhood Memoir

Richard Wollheim’s Germs is a brilliant and curious example of a genre dedicated to unraveling the riddles of a time we have a hard time remembering.

Oct 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / John Banville

Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift

Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift Championing Mental Health Is the Latest Celebrity Grift

The Sussexes are cashing in on the wellness explosion, and it couldn’t be more craven.

Oct 20, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

A Rikers Island protest

How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island

The dangerously overcrowded and mismanaged jail must be closed—but even before then, there are things we can do right now to keep people out and send them home faster.

Oct 19, 2021 / Elizabeth Gaynes

Mark Zuckerberg stares down at his lap

Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is

Whistleblower testimony proves the social media giant is harmful and dishonest, and can't be trusted to regulate itself.

Oct 18, 2021 / Column / Jeet Heer

Kate Orff

Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future

Landscape architect Kate Orff says we must restore and harness natural systems to protect ourselves from the worsening climate crisis.

Oct 15, 2021 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Tuskegee Study Drawing Blood

America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By

Time to begin the dirty, essential work of undigging our history, before it kills us all.

Oct 14, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves

Tenant organizers in Los Angeles

Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again. Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again.

In attempt to stem the tide of death, cities, states, and the federal government passed unprecedented reforms. Fighting to keep them is an important way to counter pandemic depress...

Oct 11, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Someone Else’s Discomfort: On Gregg Bordowitz

Someone Else’s Discomfort: On Gregg Bordowitz Someone Else’s Discomfort: On Gregg Bordowitz

How the writer, artist, and activist exposes what is fraught in masculinity.

Oct 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hua Hsu

Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe?

Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe? Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe?

The mayor calls the city’s Covid-19 protocols the “gold standard,” but epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says there’s a lot more the city can and must do.

Oct 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Lizzy Ratner

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