Trauma in New Orleans Trauma in New Orleans
The city lacks the resources to address its residents' urgent mental health needs.
Aug 23, 2007 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Learning to Love the Farm Bill Learning to Love the Farm Bill
The bipartisan farm bill making its way through Congress offers real hope to feed the hungry at home and abroad and improve nutrition for poor kids. But it faces a likely president...
Aug 7, 2007 / Feature / Matthew Blake
It’s Easier to Insure Pets Than Kids It’s Easier to Insure Pets Than Kids
Americans will spend $9.8 billion on pet healthcare this year. Why is the President so insistent that we can't provide health coverage to poor children?
Jul 26, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Gardening for Change in the City Gardening for Change in the City
Local food projects and community gardens are springing up in urban areas all over the country, cutting a promising new path to empowering the poor.
Jul 23, 2007 / Feature / Sophie Johnson
What Causes Cancer? Probably Not You What Causes Cancer? Probably Not You
The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or some grave moral failing just took another hit.
Jul 19, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Surgeon General’s Commissars The Surgeon General’s Commissars
The testimony of three former Surgeons General offers more proof of how the Bush Administration's corps of inept political operatives subverts our system of checks and balances.
Jul 17, 2007 / Stanley I. Kutler
Why Milk Costs More Than Gas Why Milk Costs More Than Gas
America's kids will get less calcium because of our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars--and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer.
Jul 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle
Sure we have a healthcare system in America. The trouble is, it's designed not to make people healthy but to make money.
Jul 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players
Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.
Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout? Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?
SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Liza Featherstone