Science and Health

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards Immigrants Are Dying In Detention While ICE Ignores Its Own Medical Standards

A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.

Apr 25, 2016 / Raul Grijalva

The Prince of Sex

The Prince of Sex The Prince of Sex

When Reagan was president, and sex was death, it was a Prince song that turned me inside out.

Apr 21, 2016 / Richard Kim

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

Donald Trump’s Virtual Reality Donald Trump’s Virtual Reality

What happens when we create our own truths online?

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

What Happened to Sandra Bland?

What Happened to Sandra Bland? What Happened to Sandra Bland?

To answer that question, you must begin way before she died in a Texas jail.

Apr 21, 2016 / Feature / Debbie Nathan

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Here’s how it works.

Apr 20, 2016 / Bryce Covert

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

Will the gunmaker have to pay the price for the Sandy Hook mass shooting?

Apr 14, 2016 / George Zornick

Fracking in action

Lead Isn’t the Only Threat to Drinking Water Lead Isn’t the Only Threat to Drinking Water

The EPA abandoned a study of fracking pollution in Wyoming. Then one of the agency’s scientists kept investigating.

Apr 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Capitalist Deserter Pfizer Just Got a Spanking

Capitalist Deserter Pfizer Just Got a Spanking Capitalist Deserter Pfizer Just Got a Spanking

Obama’s Treasury Department has tightened regulations to prevent multinationals from fleeing abroad in what are known as “corporate inversions.”

Apr 8, 2016 / William Greider

Drought

This Is Your Brain on Climate Change This Is Your Brain on Climate Change

A major new study paints a grim picture of how climate change will affect health, both physical and mental.

Apr 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful

The on-demand economy tends to be great for the consumer and bad for the worker—but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Apr 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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