Can Living With Long-Term Drought Cause Trauma? Can Living With Long-Term Drought Cause Trauma?
While climate scientists warn about the dangers droughts pose to the natural world, Dr. Irwin Redlener worries about its effects on minds and bodies.
Jul 20, 2015 / Sarah Goodyear
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Human Being to Walk on the Moon July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Human Being to Walk on the Moon
“Much has been quite rightly said about the irony of spending billions getting to the moon while the mass of humanity at home lives in a stew of exploding population, poverty and p...
Jul 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Guns and the New Civil-Rights Movement: Charleston Is Not Sandy Hook Guns and the New Civil-Rights Movement: Charleston Is Not Sandy Hook
The Charleston shooting had more to do with racism and white supremacy than gun control regulation.
Jul 16, 2015 / Dante Barry
Chris Christie Is Turning Tap Water Into a Private Commodity Chris Christie Is Turning Tap Water Into a Private Commodity
A new law pushed by the governor makes it even easier for towns to sell their public utilities to private corporations.
Jul 16, 2015 / James F. Kelly
In Flint, Michigan, Overpriced Water is Causing People’s Skin to Erupt in Rashes and Hair to Fall Out. In Flint, Michigan, Overpriced Water is Causing People’s Skin to Erupt in Rashes and Hair to Fall Out.
As the nation’s infrastructure falls apart, water is becoming more expensive and less safe.
Jul 16, 2015 / Curt Guyette
Was This Victim of a Police Shooting Dangerous, or Just Sick? Was This Victim of a Police Shooting Dangerous, or Just Sick?
What the cops saw made all the difference.
Jul 16, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Letters From the August 3-10, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 3-10, 2015, Issue
Ready or not, here she comes?; the matter with Kansas; resurrecting Berryman; signifying nothing…
Jul 16, 2015 / Our Readers
Can We Cure Genetic Diseases Without Slipping Into Eugenics? Can We Cure Genetic Diseases Without Slipping Into Eugenics?
Gene editing could correct genetic mutations for serious illnesses. Will it also create a new eugenics of personal choice?
Jul 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Comfort
Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter
Logic and reason simply can’t compete with #PPSellsBodyParts.
Jul 15, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
For the Tobacco Industry’s Backlash Against Lung Cancer Science, You’re Welcome For the Tobacco Industry’s Backlash Against Lung Cancer Science, You’re Welcome
An early Nation investigation was “circulated far and wide throughout the huckster fraternity.”
Jul 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner