Science and Health

‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?

‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health? ‘Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs’: How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?

Children, pregnant people, and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat—but the impact is already being felt across every specialty of medicine.

Sep 16, 2019 / Emily Holden

‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You

‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You ‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You

The dying activist tells The Nation how he wants to be remembered.

Sep 13, 2019 / Q&A / Christopher Shay

Wilbur Ross

Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Most Corrupt Cabinet Official, Has Got To Go Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Most Corrupt Cabinet Official, Has Got To Go

Ordering weather service officials to falsely back up the president’s claim that Dorian was headed to Alabama should force Ross’s resignation—or impeachment.

Sep 10, 2019 / Joan Walsh

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Letters From the September 23, 2019, Issue Letters From the September 23, 2019, Issue

Attention must be paid… Not our man…

Sep 10, 2019 / Our Readers

Bernie Sanders & Kristin Gillibrand Medicare for All

Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care

But that doesn’t necessarily mean Medicare for All.

Aug 30, 2019 / Joshua Holland

President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps

President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps

The administration’s new rules will eviscerate key features of the landmark 1997 Flores decision, which mandates protections for immigrant children.

Aug 23, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

IVF Genetic testing

Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair? Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair?

New reproductive technologies promise to prevent serious genetic disease. What happens if only the rich can access them?

Aug 23, 2019 / Laura Hercher

Utah Medicaid

Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer

Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion. Why hasn’t it been implemented?

Aug 21, 2019 / David M. Perry

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.

Aug 12, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Marc Lambert Lamba

‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community ‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community

Lambert, who died on August 4, was a pioneering LGBT activist who was there to help—even after foreign support dried up.

Aug 12, 2019 / Obituary / Robbie Corey-Boulet

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