Famed Chicago Alt-Weekly Barely Survives a Covid Scare Famed Chicago Alt-Weekly Barely Survives a Covid Scare
When the Chicago Reader’s editor sent the co-owner’s anti-vax column to be fact-checked, the fallout nearly killed the paper.
Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology Biden Must Not Allow Big Pharma to Hoard Vaccine Technology
The United States has an obligation to help vaccinate the world.
May 10, 2022 / Ady Barkan
Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues
Despite a wave of strikes spurred by the pandemic, they are still working in unsustainable conditions and hospitals are dangerously understaffed.
May 10, 2022 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Angela Garbes on Mothering for the World We Want Angela Garbes on Mothering for the World We Want
Garbes’s new book looks at what it means to be a parent when we are “caught between the way we were raised and the way we want to live.”
May 3, 2022 / Q&A / Sara Franklin
The Biden Administration Is Leaving the States to Deal With Covid on Their Own The Biden Administration Is Leaving the States to Deal With Covid on Their Own
Public Health Emergency measures are slated to end in July—and with them, coverage for millions of Americans.
Apr 29, 2022 / Aída Chávez
Covid Is Still Disproportionately Killing Low-Income People Covid Is Still Disproportionately Killing Low-Income People
Though a virus may not be able to discriminate, our society has in fact discriminated in the most virulent ways.
Apr 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Without Clinic Escorts, Abortion Would Be Even Harder to Access Without Clinic Escorts, Abortion Would Be Even Harder to Access
Lauren Rankin’s new book about abortion clinic escorts, Bodies on the Line, shows how much ordinary people can do to ensure that abortion is accessible in America.
Apr 19, 2022 / Q&A / Amy Littlefield
Laughing Ourselves to Death at the Gridiron Dinner Laughing Ourselves to Death at the Gridiron Dinner
As Democrats embrace rugged individualism, the pundit class leans into public health apartheid.
Apr 14, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their Stories Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their Stories
As we observe Black Maternal Health Week, it’s essential that we heed the lessons of maternal mortality review committees and press for life-saving support for pregnant Black peopl...
Apr 12, 2022 / Latona Giwa
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