Bhopal’s Legacy Bhopal’s Legacy
Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was...
May 6, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Educating Senator Frist Educating Senator Frist
George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.
Apr 15, 2004 / Paul Brodeur
Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma
When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.
Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors
Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked! Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked!
Six years after Kip Kinkel, dosed up with Prozac, killed his parents and two students at Thurston High, in Oregon; five years after Eric Harris, dosed with Luvox, embarked on his...
Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception
Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Coverage for No One Coverage for No One
My patient John Elias, with a fixed income from Social Security and a small pension, is a perfect candidate for prescription drug coverage.
Dec 24, 2003 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Trouble in Prozac Nation Trouble in Prozac Nation
Correction: Editorial tightening created the impression that two drug studies, by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, were one study by Pfizer. We regret the error.
Dec 18, 2003 / Richard DeGrandpre
The AIDS Challenge The AIDS Challenge
This World AIDS Day we were greeted by new, more accurate data from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming the astonishing scope of the global epidemic: Some 40 million a...
Dec 4, 2003 / The Editors
Killing Medicare Killing Medicare
The Medicare "reform" legislation just passed by Congress sends the program on a path to destruction.
Nov 26, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman
The MTA, Bus Depots and Race The MTA, Bus Depots and Race
Bus depots are one of many environmental culprits that contribute to health problems in poor communities of color.
Oct 17, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow