Health and Disease

6 Million Covid Deaths Worldwide

6 Million Covid Deaths Worldwide 6 Million Covid Deaths Worldwide

The US toll bell rings 1 million.

Mar 16, 2022 / OppArt / Sue Coe

The Biden Administration Turns Its Back on the Pandemic

The Biden Administration Turns Its Back on the Pandemic The Biden Administration Turns Its Back on the Pandemic

Structural violence, social murder, and our national policy of organized abandonment.

Mar 10, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Paul Farmer, 1959–2022

Paul Farmer, 1959–2022 Paul Farmer, 1959–2022

Farewell to a friend.

Feb 22, 2022 / Amy Wilentz

Why Teachers Are Dropping Out

Why Teachers Are Dropping Out Why Teachers Are Dropping Out

Covid and the culture wars have turned an exodus of teachers into an emergency.

Feb 21, 2022 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire

The Benefits of Getting the Covid Vaccine as a Pregnant Black Woman

The Benefits of Getting the Covid Vaccine as a Pregnant Black Woman The Benefits of Getting the Covid Vaccine as a Pregnant Black Woman

We now have scientific proof that getting vaccinated while pregnant is important—for Black pregnant people, it’s even more critical. 

Feb 17, 2022 / Candace Bond-Theriault

High school students arriving at school

“Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point “Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point

How do you run a school without enough staff?

Feb 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler

Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering”

Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering” Pfizer’s Revenue Doubles: “It’s Nothing Short of Pandemic Profiteering”

Calls are growing for the pharmaceutical giant to share its vaccine recipes that could save the most vulnerable people in the world.

Feb 10, 2022 / John Nichols

Close up of a Male Health care worker wearing protective equipment, mask, gown and gloves, sitting in a chair beside a closed hospital room looking exhausted.

Why Wishful Thinking on Covid Remains As Dangerous as Ever Why Wishful Thinking on Covid Remains As Dangerous as Ever

Pundits urging us to treat Covid “like the flu” or pushing “the urgency of normal” are just variations of the siren song of surrender to needless death and preventable disease.

Feb 3, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To

It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To It’s Boris’s Party and Apparently He Can Booze if He Wants To

The interim report into British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flagrant disregard of his own lockdown rules was devastating. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be forced out of office. At...

Feb 3, 2022 / Gary Younge

Grocery store worker

In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave

With the country in the throes of the deadliest Covid wave yet, American workers are back to having no federally mandated paid sick leave.

Feb 3, 2022 / Bryce Covert

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