Health and Disease

Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis” Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”

To understand why more rain means less drinking water in Mississippi’s capital, you need to look to the state’s racist past—and the present malign neglect of its Black citizens.

Sep 6, 2022 / Makani Themba

Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue

Studying ecology... Pipelines to plowshares... Graphic depictions...

Sep 6, 2022 / Our Readers

A skeleton worker with a tie on lays its head on the computer, exhausted.

The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death

Investments in better jobs today mean better retirements tomorrow.

Sep 5, 2022 / Beth C. Truesdale and Lisa F. Berkman

Senator Joe Manchin departs the Capitol as the Senate breaks for the Memorial Day recess.

Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act

In an impassioned call to allies in the national climate movement, a community organizer explains: “We in Appalachia are done with being a sacrifice zone.”

Sep 1, 2022 / Crystal Mello

A close-up photo of Sandy Morris, she is smiling.

Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows

Anthony Fauci understood that making people like Sandy who are living with a disease part of the research process leads to better science. But the rest of the NIH still hasn’t gott...

Sep 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives

With the government refusing to make medicine and medical equipment accessible, sick, and disabled people have to rely on each other for support.

Aug 26, 2022 / First Person / Nolan Trowe

Volunteers put a tarp on the roof of damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in Golden Meadow, La.

Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

While the petrochemical industry keeps blowing it off.

Aug 19, 2022 / Michael Esealuka

In July, President Biden appears and smiles at the White House after testing negative for Covid-19

Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid” Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid”

Shifting responsibility for the pandemic onto individuals is bad policy—and risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy of doom.

Aug 18, 2022 / Martha Lincoln

Opioids identified as part of street drug-checking by the Toronto-based Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation research agency. A person with blue-purple gloves holds up a tray of opioid samples.

Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive

US policy is keeping public health officials, scientists, and emergency-room doctors in the dark about a growing manufactured plague.

Aug 9, 2022 / Joseph Friedman and Eric Reinhart

A 3D generated image of a DNA spiral being attacked by the monkeypox virus.

Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out

We know what to do. We have the tools. We simply don’t want to do it.

Aug 4, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

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The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death

Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act

Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives

Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid” Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid”

Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive

Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out

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Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis” Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”

Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 19/26, 2022, Issue

The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death

Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act Here’s What’s Wrong With Manchin’s Side Deal to the Inflation Reduction Act

Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows Meet Sandy Morris, the ALS Heroine Hardly Anybody Knows

Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives Rationing of Medical Equipment Is Costing Disabled People Their Lives

Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Trying to Keep the Roof on in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid” Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid”

Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive Synthetic Drugs Are Sending the Overdose Crisis Into Overdrive

Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out