Health and Disease

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Now Is the Time for Biden to Restaff the Havana Embassy Now Is the Time for Biden to Restaff the Havana Embassy

A never-before-published letter from the US Embassy community in Cuba argues that Washington should sustain full diplomatic functions despite the risks.

Jul 23, 2021 / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande

Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke

Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke

But Joe Manchin’s daughter, a company executive, is laughing all the way to the bank.

Jul 23, 2021 / Laura Flanders

Protesters March Against The Tokyo Olympics

Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics

The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.

Jul 23, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder

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

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?

Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

balloons floating in sky

Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually

Reflections on ruptured time.

Jul 14, 2021 / Patricia J. Williams

Disabling Utopia to Save It

Disabling Utopia to Save It Disabling Utopia to Save It

Society can benefit from conjuring worlds that model diversity and inclusion.

Jul 14, 2021 / Feature / s.e. smith

Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research

Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research Fauci’s Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research

As recently as 2018, Fauci celebrated the lifting of the “pause” on such research. With government in “upstream” control of funding, guidance, and publications, he argued, what cou...

Jul 13, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

honey baked ham made by the author

The Art of the Meal The Art of the Meal

Sharing recipes and dinner-plate photos was a balm for isolation, and a reminder that magic is made in breaking bread together.

Jul 7, 2021 / Mary Lewis

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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