Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court
Will Justices agree that requiring HIV service providers to oppose prostitution is necessary for ending AIDS?
Apr 23, 2013 / Melissa Gira Grant
Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’ Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’
Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’ ‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’
Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering tell The Nation what the military can do to prevent sexual assault.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Anna Simonton
The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America The Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America
Being able to stay home sick keeps workers and children healthy and businesses profitable.
Apr 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher
How did a man who got so many things wrong become an intellectual celebrity in his own lifetime?
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence
Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jason Silverstein
Bipartisan Push to Scrap Medical Device Tax Is a Cautionary Tale Bipartisan Push to Scrap Medical Device Tax Is a Cautionary Tale
A bipartisan vote to repeal a good tax shows how tricky it can be to enact real tax reform.
Mar 22, 2013 / George Zornick
What the UN Owes Haiti What the UN Owes Haiti
Despite the fact that its "peacekeepers" brought cholera to Haiti, the UN is refusing to fund obvious solutions.
Mar 20, 2013 / Isabeau Doucet
Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home
The difficult conditions that affect domestic workers also plague nurses in hospitals.
Mar 20, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz
Frustrated, stubborn, committed to bad science, was Louis Agassiz anything other than a laughingstock?
Mar 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple