Science and Health

Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages?

Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages? Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages?

Long-acting reversible contraceptives could revolutionize reproductive healthcare—if only politicians would get out of the way.

Sep 15, 2014 / Michelle Chen

With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month

With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month With the Wages That Have Been Stolen From Them, Apple Factory Workers Could Buy 1,460 iPhone 6s a Month

While the tech world fawns over the new iPhone 6, labor abuses abound at an Apple factory in China.

Sep 10, 2014 / Michelle Chen

How First Nations in Canada Are Winning the Fight Against Big Oil

How First Nations in Canada Are Winning the Fight Against Big Oil How First Nations in Canada Are Winning the Fight Against Big Oil

Recent militant action in Canada is leading a global movement to protect frontier resources.

Sep 10, 2014 / Audrea Lim

Survival of the Sexiest

Survival of the Sexiest Survival of the Sexiest

How evolutionary psychology went viral.

Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mal Ahern and Moira Weigel

Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda

Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick is making an issue of single-payer healthcare reform.

Sep 5, 2014 / John Nichols

Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day

Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day

The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.

Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders

What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common

What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common

Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.

Aug 28, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus

Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions

Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions

Advocates behind a national bus tour want to enlist young people in the fight to repeal the Hyde Amendment.

Aug 27, 2014 / Dani McClain

Science as Salvation?

Science as Salvation? Science as Salvation?

Marcelo Gleiser wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.

Aug 27, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Saler

Tear Gas Is an Abortifacient. Why Won’t the Anti-Abortion Movement Oppose It?

Tear Gas Is an Abortifacient. Why Won’t the Anti-Abortion Movement Oppose It? Tear Gas Is an Abortifacient. Why Won’t the Anti-Abortion Movement Oppose It?

If the anti-abortion movement could rouse itself to oppose spraying a civilian population with miscarriage-causing chemicals, it might actually make a difference.

Aug 19, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

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