Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care
The pandemic showed how broken the system has always been. President Biden needs to make fixing it a top priority.
Jul 5, 2021 / Wendell Potter and Joe Sanberg
There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery
As the Delta variant spreads, it’s essential to make it easier for essential workers to get vaccinated—and that begins by giving paid sick leave for the shot.
Jul 1, 2021 / Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas
On One Native American Reservation, Vaccine Hesitancy Has Long Historical Roots On One Native American Reservation, Vaccine Hesitancy Has Long Historical Roots
On the Cheyenne River Reservation, the same government that for centuries brutally suppressed Lakota independence is now managing the Covid-19 vaccine drive.
Jul 1, 2021 / Photo Essay / Sarah Stacke
Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead
The Biden administration is not letting them go into effect while it has a say.
Jul 1, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal
“Normal has always been a perilous reality.”
Jun 30, 2021 / Bri M.
Extreme Heat in Portland Is an ‘Acute Disaster on Chronic Disaster’ Extreme Heat in Portland Is an ‘Acute Disaster on Chronic Disaster’
Physical infrastructure, social services, labor protections—in the Pacific Northwest, none of them is designed with extreme heat in mind.
Jun 30, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives
The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.
Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover
How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor
Covid-19 has made medical schools more competitive, while also giving students less training.
Jun 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi
#FreeBritney Is Damn Right #FreeBritney Is Damn Right
The law has failed Britney Spears and likely many others—young, old, often female. Now it’s time to change it.
Jun 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal
We Owe It to the World’s Children to Slow Population Growth We Owe It to the World’s Children to Slow Population Growth
Crowding the planet harms younger generations as much as it does the environment.
Jun 24, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt