Health and Disease

Jerry Lewis holding a microphone

The Disabled Community Doesn’t Want Your Pity The Disabled Community Doesn’t Want Your Pity

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort.

Oct 22, 2020 / Sara Luterman

Labor, Land, and Legacy: What New Might We Grow in the Shell of the Old?

Labor, Land, and Legacy: What New Might We Grow in the Shell of the Old? Labor, Land, and Legacy: What New Might We Grow in the Shell of the Old?

An immigrant family went from running a small restaurant to becoming small landlords. Amid pandemic uncertainty, their daughter wonders, What’s my place?

Oct 21, 2020 / Nadia Maria Mohamed

Will Union Workers Deliver Nevada For Biden?

Will Union Workers Deliver Nevada For Biden? Will Union Workers Deliver Nevada For Biden?

UNITE-HERE! had 90 percent of its members laid off because of Trump’s bungling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, they are knocking on doors to elect Joe Biden.

Oct 21, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon

Your Dog in the Race?

Your Dog in the Race? Your Dog in the Race?

Trump politicizes health care, with devastating consequences.

Oct 19, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course

Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course

If Biden plans to fulfill his campaign trail promise that he’ll be the “most progressive president since FDR,” he’ll have to help lead the push for progressive policies.

Oct 19, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut

Dark obsessions. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 12.

Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Oops

Oops Oops

Trying to get ahead.

Oct 16, 2020 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Coney Barrett Protest

‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable ‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable

Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.

Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking

The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking

Trump's illness hasn't made him wiser, or more honest. But it has made him more dangerous.

Oct 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation

A Woman’s Life

A Woman’s Life A Woman’s Life

Some 60,000 nursing home residents have died of the virus. How did they live?

Oct 14, 2020 / JoAnn Wypijewski

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