A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic
New forms of PrEP to prevent HIV, like injectable CAB-LA, are coming. Public health officials hope they’ll help South Africa’s young women, one of the most impacted groups in the w...
Dec 1, 2022 / Shane Burke
Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power? Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power?
Has public health failed us? Or have we failed public health?
Dec 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
The Social Explosion of China’s Pent-up Pain The Social Explosion of China’s Pent-up Pain
The anger in China is rooted not in the urban capitalist classes but in the brutal regimes of wealth accumulation, labor extraction, and political power.
Dec 1, 2022 / Rebecca E. Karl
The Polycrisis at the Border The Polycrisis at the Border
Levi Vonk’s Border Hacker digs into the intersecting failures that have led to a brutal system of forced displacement in the Americas.
Dec 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Caroline Tracey
Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover, Plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Originalism Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover, Plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Originalism
On this week of the Start Making Sense podcast, a look into the untold life of the former FBI director, and a discussion about “originalism” and the Supreme Court.
Dec 1, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
How Did Arizona Turn Purple—and What’s Next? How Did Arizona Turn Purple—and What’s Next?
Big Democratic wins in 2022 in Arizona represent a promising trend, and progressives need to learn its lessons.
Dec 1, 2022 / Steve Phillips
Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers
Unless federal intervention to avert a rail strike includes a guarantee of paid sick leave for rail workers, it shouldn’t be approved.
Nov 30, 2022 / John Nichols
The Rise and Fall of the American Fraudster The Rise and Fall of the American Fraudster
From crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried to snake oil doctor Mehmet Oz, financial and political scam artists are finally getting what's coming to them.
Nov 30, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Native American Heritage Native American Heritage
Acknowledge real history, and honor Indigenous peoples past and present, every day.
Nov 30, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard
The entertainment-misogyny complex has created a host of incentives for demonizing figures like Amber Heard for speaking out about their trauma.
Nov 30, 2022 / Deborah Epstein and Ray Epstein