Science and Health

That Wasn’t So Hard: NYC Expands Paid Sick Leave to 500,000 More People

That Wasn’t So Hard: NYC Expands Paid Sick Leave to 500,000 More People That Wasn’t So Hard: NYC Expands Paid Sick Leave to 500,000 More People

Any company with five employees or more will have to grant paid sick time off.

Feb 26, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

Congressman John Dingell, D—Healthcare Is a Right

Congressman John Dingell, D—Healthcare Is a Right Congressman John Dingell, D—Healthcare Is a Right

Like his father before him, the retiring congressman kept proposing single-payer healthcare. It’s still the best idea.

Feb 24, 2014 / John Nichols

How Slavery Made the Modern World

How Slavery Made the Modern World How Slavery Made the Modern World

Slavery was the flywheel on which America’s market revolution turned—not just in the United States, but in all of the Americas.

Feb 24, 2014 / Greg Grandin

Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare

Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare

The Nation’s editor celebrated the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act in a roundtable on ABC’s This Week.

Feb 18, 2014 / Press Room

One Month After the Spill, Here Are 5 Things You Need to Know About West Virginia’s Water Crisis

One Month After the Spill, Here Are 5 Things You Need to Know About West Virginia’s Water Crisis One Month After the Spill, Here Are 5 Things You Need to Know About West Virginia’s Water Crisis

West Virginians still have many questions left unanswered.

Feb 11, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco?

Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco? Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco?

Fusion and the Nation I-Fund report on the thousands of child farmworkers laboring in American tobacco fields. 

Feb 5, 2014 / Press Room

Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect

Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect

To prevent mental illness in American soldiers, bring them home.

Feb 4, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why Do We Have Unsafe Abortion in the United States?

Why Do We Have Unsafe Abortion in the United States? Why Do We Have Unsafe Abortion in the United States?

A searing New Yorker story about a rogue abortion provider shows that unsafe abortion has persisted in post-Roe America—likely because of anti-abortion regulations.

Feb 4, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

All the President’s Middlemen

All the President’s Middlemen All the President’s Middlemen

The Obama administration’s inclination to rely on the private sector to solve major societal problems can lead to dysfunction, if not chaos.

Feb 4, 2014 / Barbara Garson

Every 72 Minutes, a Kid Is Hospitalized for Gun Injuries

Every 72 Minutes, a Kid Is Hospitalized for Gun Injuries Every 72 Minutes, a Kid Is Hospitalized for Gun Injuries

Gun violence is a public health issue.

Jan 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

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