Health Care

A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic

A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic

New forms of PrEP to prevent HIV, like injectable CAB-LA, are coming. Public health officials hope they’ll help South Africa’s young women, one of the most impacted groups in the w...

Dec 1, 2022 / Photo Essay / Shane Burke

Harvard Abortion Protest

Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified

Across the country, Gen Z and millennial voters prioritized abortion during the 2022 midterm elections. Will their historic turnout be rewarded?

Nov 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Zoe Sharif

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

She talked to The Nation about capitalism's evolutions and what the left can do to better prepare for the next political crisis.

Nov 29, 2022 / Q&A / Rhoda Feng

When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary

When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary

The health care system often neglects women and people with uteruses. For those who suffer from invisible diseases, informing oneself can be life-saving work.

Nov 28, 2022 / Kate Shannon Jenkins

No One Can Take Away Our Joy

No One Can Take Away Our Joy No One Can Take Away Our Joy

Across time and place, and amid grueling violence, trans people love and care for our own.

Nov 25, 2022 / Chase Strangio

Activists stand in the background as Joe Biden delivers a speech

Be Careful What You Work For: The GOP’s Abortion Woes Are Just Starting Be Careful What You Work For: The GOP’s Abortion Woes Are Just Starting

The midterms open a future in which reproductive freedom will remake politics.

Nov 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Pedestrians wearing protective masks pass in front of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement

A challenge to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx by a broad coalition of its own workers is a frontline struggle against the most exploitative tendencies of the whole industry.

Nov 14, 2022 / Karim Sariahmed

Mike Davis.

¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente! ¡Compañero Mike Davis, Presente!

A requiem for a friend who embodied the commitment to the marriage of word and deed.

Nov 2, 2022 / Roberto Lovato

Anti-Abortion Activists

After “Dobbs,” Anti-Abortion Activists Are Targeting Clinics in Blue States After “Dobbs,” Anti-Abortion Activists Are Targeting Clinics in Blue States

Without Roe, the effects of state bans are felt even where abortion is still legal. One Illinois clinic’s proximity to Missouri has made it an easy target for emboldened anti-...

Nov 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Walter Thomas-Patterson

Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion

Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion Becca Andrews’s New Book Captures the Final Days of Legal Abortion

The journalist was going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead, her new book reports on what happened as it fell.

Oct 31, 2022 / Q&A / Amy Littlefield

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