Vaccination

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

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Stay Outraged, Patriots! Stay Outraged, Patriots!

Why run on policies when you can run on misplaced fury?

Nov 16, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Protesters for Kyrie Irving holding signs

Kyrie Irving Needs to Say “Not In My Name” Kyrie Irving Needs to Say “Not In My Name”

The right wing is now using the basketball star’s name as an anti-vaccine rallying cry.

Oct 25, 2021 / Dave Zirin

The NBA logo on a baskbeball court

Being “Pro NBA Player” Means Being Pro-Vaccine Being “Pro NBA Player” Means Being Pro-Vaccine

For NBA players, like everyone else, getting vaccinated is about solidarity.

Sep 30, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Walgreens covid vaccine site

Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response

It’s happening all too often: A private company receives public funds for the public good, only to act in the best interests of its shareholders instead.

Sep 30, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

The Age of Irrationality

The Age of Irrationality The Age of Irrationality

With the rise of QAnon and the anti-vax movement, skepticism has become the province of the paranoid.

Sep 20, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Woman holds up needle and vial of vaccine

The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free

To increase vaccination rates, then, America doesn’t just need free Covid vaccines—we need free health care.

Aug 11, 2021 / Rhea Boyd

College student gets a Covid vaccine

A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional

No, the Bill of Rights does not block vaccine mandates. Neither does HIPAA. Just ask the three Republican judges who ruled that Indiana University can require students to be vaccin...

Aug 4, 2021 / Elie Mystal

3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop Covid and Save Lives

3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop Covid and Save Lives 3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop Covid and Save Lives

Unless the president changes course, and confronts Big Pharma, the past six months will indelibly tarnish his legacy.

Jul 22, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves

Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label

When Johnson spreads misinformation about vaccines, he endangers Americans—and makes it harder to end the pandemic.

Jul 6, 2021 / John Nichols

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