Can Biden Minimize the Cruelty of the Public Charge Rule? Can Biden Minimize the Cruelty of the Public Charge Rule?
Immigrants can put their residency status at risk by receiving government benefits. Could the president change this without altering the law?
Apr 11, 2022 / David M. Perry
No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid
Democrats must figure out how to discuss the hard truths about the pandemic, or it could cost them.
Apr 11, 2022 / Column / John Nichols
In Criminalizing Error, We Are Doomed to Repeat Our Mistakes In Criminalizing Error, We Are Doomed to Repeat Our Mistakes
Sending a nurse to prison for causing a patient’s death may satisfy the thirst for vengeance, but it won’t make hospitals any safer.
Apr 5, 2022 / Jessie Singer
As States Shed Masking Requirements, Uncertainty Lingers for Those Behind Bars As States Shed Masking Requirements, Uncertainty Lingers for Those Behind Bars
Inconsistencies abound at a time when the next surge may be just around the corner, imposing more isolation and greater restrictions on incarcerated people.
Apr 1, 2022 / Victoria Law
Medicare for All Is Not Enough Medicare for All Is Not Enough
Communities, not corporations, should own our most vital health care assets.
Mar 31, 2022 / David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne, and John Geyman
Covid-19 Coverage for the Uninsured Is Ending Covid-19 Coverage for the Uninsured Is Ending
With a new surge on the horizon, federal funds for treatment and testing will no longer be made available for the most vulnerable population.
Mar 29, 2022 / Adam Gaffney
A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class
In America, we allow our pets more dignity in death than we allow people.
Mar 25, 2022 / Jack Willis and Mary Pleshette Willis
Progressives Want to Put Medicare for All Back on the Table Progressives Want to Put Medicare for All Back on the Table
Led by Representatives Cori Bush and Carolyn Maloney, Congress is holding the first hearing since 2019 to examine paths to universal health care.
Mar 24, 2022 / Aída Chávez
Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head
Amanda Feilding may be an eccentric British aristocrat. But she deserves full credit for funding significant research into psychedelics long before it was either cool or respectabl...
Mar 24, 2022 / Zoe Cormier
Making Mushrooms Legal Making Mushrooms Legal
After 50 years of prohibition, some states are starting to challenge the federal government’s policy on psychedelic drugs.
Mar 23, 2022 / Feature / Aída Chávez