Health Care

Depraved Tyrant

Depraved Tyrant Depraved Tyrant

Your money and your life.

Feb 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

People rally in Lansing, Michigan, to oppose President Trump, Elon Musk, and Project 2025.

How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks

As the Trump administration targets trans people, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.

Feb 25, 2025 / Sarah Lazare

Bryan Johnson, founder and chief executive officer of Kernel Holding SA.

How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit

It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also very expensive.

Feb 24, 2025 / Maya Vinokour

Supporters hold up “Save Medicaid” signs outside the Capitol during the Republicans’ attempt to cut Medicaid during Trump's first term in September 2017.

Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities

The president’s disdain for disabled people—and obsession with genetic superiority—harks back to a grim past.

Feb 18, 2025 / Sam Gustin

Some day all this will be mine: Trump swears in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.

Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand

Does the Kennedy name stand for liberalism—or oligarchy?

Feb 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A sign is seen outside National Institutes of Health headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.

Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure

Trump, Musk, and Vought are purging institutions and cutting off access to educational and research opportunities for anyone who isn’t straight and white.

Feb 14, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Donald Trump stepping out onto a stage while holding a red MAGA hat.

Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain

Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back effectively—starting with not panicking.

Feb 13, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

A man protests Trump’s effort to strangle the Affordable Care Act in 2017.

The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era

Behind the language of “spending offsets” lies a stark reality: over $3 trillion in cuts that would reshape Americans’ access to healthcare.

Feb 12, 2025 / Pat Dennis

Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 2, 2025.

Trump Already Has Blood on His Hands Trump Already Has Blood on His Hands

The president is taking a chain saw to our public health infrastructure—and people will die as a result.

Feb 10, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary.

RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too. RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too.

There are so many reasons to reject the HHS secretary nominee’s crackpot health science.

Jan 29, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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