Health and Disease

How Slavery Made the Modern World

How Slavery Made the Modern World How Slavery Made the Modern World

Slavery was the flywheel on which America’s market revolution turned—not just in the United States, but in all of the Americas.

Feb 24, 2014 / Greg Grandin

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Inequality Is (Literally) Killing America Inequality Is (Literally) Killing America

As the disparity between rich and poor has grown, so have gaps in life expectancy between counties, towns, and even neighborhoods. 

Nov 20, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

In Syria, the Assault on Healthcare Is a Weapon of War

In Syria, the Assault on Healthcare Is a Weapon of War In Syria, the Assault on Healthcare Is a Weapon of War

The growing humanitarian catastrophe is not just an accidental outcome of the conflict—the Assad regime has been deliberately targeting healthcare infrastructure and personne...

Nov 7, 2013 / Omar Ghabra

How to Help the Refugees in Syria How to Help the Refugees in Syria

With the imminent threat of a US military intervention seemingly receding, the world's focus should be on aiding the increasingly desperate Syrian population.

Sep 12, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

The Worst Addiction of Them All

The Worst Addiction of Them All The Worst Addiction of Them All

An excerpt from the new eBook Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut.

Aug 19, 2013 / Feature / Kurt Vonnegut

What the UN Owes Haiti

What the UN Owes Haiti What the UN Owes Haiti

Despite the fact that its "peacekeepers" brought cholera to Haiti, the UN is refusing to fund obvious solutions.

Mar 20, 2013 / Isabeau Doucet

A World of Hillbilly Heroin A World of Hillbilly Heroin

The hollowing out of America, up close and personal.

Aug 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco

Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil

Twenty-two “authors” of a fradulent article ghost-written by Glaxo won't feel the heat.

Aug 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener

The Hunger Wars in Our Future The Hunger Wars in Our Future

The summer of 2012 has been one of heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest.

Aug 7, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

The NFL’s Concussion Culture

The NFL’s Concussion Culture The NFL’s Concussion Culture

Football players from the 1980s and 1990s are turning up dead.

Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Nate Jackson

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