Why Covid Keeps Winning Why Covid Keeps Winning
We didn’t learn a thing.
Jul 29, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves and Walker Bragman
Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts
Midwifery is often a cheaper and safer alternative for some childbirths, yet the state’s policies require midwives to jump through increasingly difficult hoops to practice.
Jul 19, 2024 / StudentNation / Annika Inampudi
The Discourse Around Biden’s Health Has Been Odious The Discourse Around Biden’s Health Has Been Odious
We should be able to talk about the president’s condition without sinking into harmful speculation or pernicious stereotypes.
Jul 15, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments and Inequity Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments and Inequity
The very “choice” that Medicare Advantage is said to offer is undermining Medicare’s promise of equal and universal care for seniors.
Jul 1, 2024 / Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler
Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.
Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.
Jun 28, 2024 / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant
Thanks to These Activists, in New Mexico Schools There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch Thanks to These Activists, in New Mexico Schools There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
Universal free school meals are a popular and effective way to help kids remain engaged in learning and boost local agriculture. Why does it take such a fight to make them policy?...
Jun 26, 2024 / Nora De La Cour
Unprepared for Pandemics Unprepared for Pandemics
History’s lessons are ignored—or weaponized for political gain.
Jun 25, 2024 / OppArt / Deirdre Barrett
Donald Trump and “Doc” Ronny Jackson Are Hypocrites About Drugs and Dementia Donald Trump and “Doc” Ronny Jackson Are Hypocrites About Drugs and Dementia
The incoherent former president and his allegedly pill-pushing White House physician need to look in a mirror.
Jun 24, 2024 / Jeet Heer
“The New York Times” Is Failing Its Readers Badly on Covid “The New York Times” Is Failing Its Readers Badly on Covid
A pair of shoddy opinion pieces proves that the paper is letting its audience down and undermining the fight to improve our knowledge of the virus.
Jun 21, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves and John P. Moore
Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good? Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good?
Or just until after the election? Either way, she’s blown a $15 billion hole in the MTA budget, leaving New Yorkers with overcrowded streets, filthy air, and an underfunded subwa...
Jun 11, 2024 / Ross Barkan