Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair? Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair?
New reproductive technologies promise to prevent serious genetic disease. What happens if only the rich can access them?
Aug 23, 2019 / Laura Hercher
Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents’ Health, Not Just Their Economic Security Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents’ Health, Not Just Their Economic Security
The transition to parenthood is a critical window when parents’ mental and physical health is at risk. Paid leave can protect them—and their babies.
Aug 12, 2019 / Benjamin Ryan
Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won
Jose Gurrola is just 25, with barely 20,000 constituents, but he’s managed to put California’s powerful oil industry on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2019 / Gabriel Thompson
‘It’s a Terrible Existence’: The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants ‘It’s a Terrible Existence’: The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants
Not qualifying for regular dialysis in most states, undocumented immigrants with kidney failure are forced to live in constant agony.
Jul 8, 2019 / Eilís O’Neill
ACT UP Changed Everything ACT UP Changed Everything
The HIV/AIDS protest group was the first great leap for the queer movement after Stonewall.
Jun 29, 2019 / Jim Hubbard
Grab These Headlines! Grab These Headlines!
Keep your hands to yourself or be in the hands of justice.
Jun 19, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care
In a disturbing pattern, ICE won’t even count Johana Medina Leon’s death among those that occurred in its custody.
Jun 4, 2019 / Nathan Craig and Margaret Brown Vega
Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Help end the stigma, then raise awareness about addiction treatment and overdose prevention.
Apr 2, 2019 / NationAction
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political
To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is.
Mar 27, 2019 / Feature / Dani McClain