Health Care

The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy

The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy

Hannah Zeavin’s history of remote and distance psychotherapy asks us whether the medium matters than the message.

Jun 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Carr

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body” Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body”

In her new book, Under the Skin, the journalist dismantles the notion that the health crisis facing Black Americans is an individual problem.

Jun 14, 2022 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

Infant formula

If Men Could Breastfeed If Men Could Breastfeed

Here’s a solution to the baby formula crisis.

Jun 9, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease

Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease

But it has arrived in our community—and our decades of experience dealing with HIV give us the chance to get things right from the outset.

Jun 2, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-“Roe” Future

What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-“Roe” Future What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-“Roe” Future

The number of people seeking later abortions is undoubtedly about to increase, and our medical system is unprepared to care for them.

May 31, 2022 / Feature / Garnet Henderson

Coal mining machine in Belchatow

Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal

With parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.

May 27, 2022 / Kamila Kadzidłowska

March for Reproductive Rights

There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle

Sixty years ago, it seemed remarkably clear how crucial it was that men stop leaving women to face this nightmare essentially alone—and it still does.

May 20, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte

Dr. Ashish Jha

“Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies “Case Numbers Don’t Matter”—and Other Fatal Covid Fallacies

The logic behind “cases don’t matter”—the drumbeat of medical professionals pushing us back to normal—is a direct violation of the oath to “first, do no harm.”

May 19, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Abortion rights activist holding sign

The Supreme Court and the Church: A Conversation With Frances Kissling The Supreme Court and the Church: A Conversation With Frances Kissling

In the wake of the Supreme Court leak, the former president of Catholics for a Free Choice discusses the moral obligation to take care of women in need of abortions.

May 18, 2022 / Q&A / Claudia Dreifus

The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness

The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness The Pandemic Revealed America’s Deeper Sickness

How the pandemic seeded new Astroturf for the right.

May 17, 2022 / Nina Burleigh

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