Health Care

Kamala Harris speaks at University Wisconsin-La Crosse during a campaign event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 17, 2024.

Kamala Harris Is Thinking About the Care Economy. Here’s Where She Should Start. Kamala Harris Is Thinking About the Care Economy. Here’s Where She Should Start.

The vice president has begun to shape a vision of how we care for each other. It’s up to us to expand her horizons.

Oct 18, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, speaks during a press conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, on Monday, July 13, 2020.

Republicans Are Hazardous to Your Health Republicans Are Hazardous to Your Health

A new study shows that states dominated by conservatives have markedly worse health outcomes.

Oct 10, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

After discovering Jane in 1971, Shannon joined Chicago’s famous abortion underground.

The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation

Sakinah discovered Chicago’s Abortion Counseling Service, better known as Jane, because she wanted to help a friend. Then she became an essential part of it.

Oct 1, 2024 / Feature / Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone

Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator JD Vance visits

JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated

For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.

Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A young girl receives a vaccination shot in New York City, c. 1970s.

Vaccines Work! Vaccines Work!

Want an easy way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community? Make sure you get your shots.

Sep 26, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

A woman wearing a T-shirt reading

An Abortion Ban Killed Amber Thurman—and Likely Many More An Abortion Ban Killed Amber Thurman—and Likely Many More

Will the law that killed this vibrant young woman, a mother and medical assistant, be allowed to stand?

Sep 18, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

(L) Palestinian doctors work on a patient following the Israeli attack on Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza on September 13, 2024. (R) Surgeons prepare to amputate a patient’s leg at Gettsyburg in 1863.

Israel Has Bombed Gaza's Healthcare System Back to the 19th Century Israel Has Bombed Gaza's Healthcare System Back to the 19th Century

Gaza's doctors are frequently working in conditions not seen since before the Civil War.

Sep 17, 2024 / Abdullah Shihipar

VP candidate Kamala Harris in mid speech, standing in front of an American flag.

A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie

Attacking Donald Trump is a start. But the Democratic nominee also has to sell herself and her vision.

Sep 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump smiling next to J.D. Vance

Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird

The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.

Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Kamala Harris receives a booster shot of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better. Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better.

These are some concrete steps a President Harris could take to undo the damage of her current boss.

Aug 29, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

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