Health Care

Gov. Kay Ivey at a press conference

Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans

Some GOP leaders have done an about-face on vaccines. But they’re to blame for the pandemic’s ongoing spread—and always will be.

Jul 27, 2021 / Joan Walsh

A hospital worker in a hospital

Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge

A landmark bill will ensure that health care services don’t disappear when Catholic hospitals take over other providers.

Jul 19, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

The Hometown Heroes parade

How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy

This is what’s missing from the new conversation about care work.

Jul 16, 2021 / Premilla Nadasen

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?

Jul 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

#FreeBritney movement

For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine

Advocates were not surprised when Britney Spears said she wasn’t allowed to have her IUD removed. They’d heard similar stories before.

Jul 15, 2021 / Sara Luterman

Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label

When Johnson spreads misinformation about vaccines, he endangers Americans—and makes it harder to end the pandemic.

Jul 6, 2021 / John Nichols

United States health care

Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for American Health Care

The pandemic showed how broken the system has always been. President Biden needs to make fixing it a top priority.

Jul 5, 2021 / Wendell Potter and Joe Sanberg

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

As the Delta variant spreads, it’s essential to make it easier for essential workers to get vaccinated—and that begins by giving paid sick leave for the shot.

Jul 1, 2021 / Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas

A medical assistant takes a patient's blood pressure

Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead

The Biden administration is not letting them go into effect while it has a say.

Jul 1, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

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