The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism
What does it mean to deprive a trans person of such care? It can, in fact, prove to be a death sentence.
Jul 4, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
War Causes Pain at Home, Not Just Abroad War Causes Pain at Home, Not Just Abroad
In the US, so many of us do feel the painful results of our disastrous distant wars of this century, whether we know it or not.
Jun 14, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino
Can the Rich and Powerful Live Forever? Can the Rich and Powerful Live Forever?
The madness of new longevity treatments.
Jun 12, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stanford’s Title IX Policies Fail to Protect Student Survivors Stanford’s Title IX Policies Fail to Protect Student Survivors
The university’s unique rules add incentives to dismiss cases and reverse disciplinary actions, potentially allowing sexual predators to remain on campus.
May 25, 2023 / StudentNation / Jacqueline Munis
John Fetterman’s Public Battle With Depression Is Shattering Stigma John Fetterman’s Public Battle With Depression Is Shattering Stigma
The Pennsylvania senator’s decisions to temporarily step away from Congress and to discuss his mental health will save lives.
May 24, 2023 / Philip Eil
The Democratic Party’s Dianne Feinstein Problem Has Become a Quagmire The Democratic Party’s Dianne Feinstein Problem Has Become a Quagmire
The senator’s refusal to retire has left her party with nothing but bad options.
May 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer
When “Suicide Watch” Becomes a Death Sentence When “Suicide Watch” Becomes a Death Sentence
Instead of the help they need, people in prisons and jails with mental health issues are often left alone to suffer—and sometimes die.
May 22, 2023 / Feature / Katie Rose Quandt
One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him
Everything about Neely’s death is a symptom of our collective rot—from the way we treat poverty as a crime to the way we treat soldiers as weapons that can be stowed.
May 4, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Should Courts Be Able to Mandate Psychiatric Care? Should Courts Be Able to Mandate Psychiatric Care?
Sasha Abramsky argues that court-mandated care connects unhoused individuals to supportive services, while Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu and Ruth Sangree write that psychiatric i...
Apr 17, 2023 / The Debate / Sasha Abramsky, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu, and Ruth Sangree
Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight
Though culture war bigotry loses at the ballot box, centrist Democrats have been too quick to surrender.
Apr 7, 2023 / Jeet Heer