RFK Jr. Is Scary. His Online Fans Might Be Scarier. RFK Jr. Is Scary. His Online Fans Might Be Scarier.
To understand RFK Jr.'s rightward shift, we need to examine the Internet culture that fostered his growth—and which the Harris campaign ignored.
Dec 2, 2024 / Maya Vinokour
“We Never Assumed Anything”: A Lifetime of Providing Abortion Care “We Never Assumed Anything”: A Lifetime of Providing Abortion Care
In their new book We Choose To, Dr. Curtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson-Boyd reflect on their decades helping women who needed abortions—before, during, and after Roe.
Nov 29, 2024 / Regina Mahone
How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination
He can pick a strident abortion opponent like Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on HHS, as his number two.
Nov 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh
When It Comes to Public Health, We Need to Tap Into People, Not Pundits When It Comes to Public Health, We Need to Tap Into People, Not Pundits
The future of our health under Trump is going to be bleak. But the solution lies in our communities, not individual personalities.
Nov 21, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor Posture Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor Posture
A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns.
Nov 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Zoe Adams
How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer
Despite early containment efforts, chronic wasting disease has been allowed to run rampant in the state. That’s bad news for all of us.
Nov 18, 2024 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice
An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”
Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody) Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody)
These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.
Nov 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play? Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play?
The Robert Downey Jr.–starring McNeal, which was possibly cowritten with the help of AI, is a showcase for the new technology’s mediocrity.
Nov 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng
The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump
Any significant influence of RFK Jr. in Trump’s orbit would represent a recklessness never before seen in America’s public health history.
Nov 12, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves