Science and Health

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

Having a personal aesthetic at home has become financially detrimental.

Mar 13, 2023 / Kate Wagner

Empty hospital bed

The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities

We live in a world where the quality of care you receive while dying depends on how much you can afford.

Mar 9, 2023 / Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox

Protester holding sign with Tom Petty lyrics supporting abortion access

Florida Judges Have the Power to Force Young People to Give Birth Florida Judges Have the Power to Force Young People to Give Birth

Everything from their grades to their demeanor in the courtroom is fair game for a judge’s veto power.

Mar 8, 2023 / Anna Eskamani

The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet

The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet

Alice Robb’s Don’t Think, Dear and Ellen O’Connell Whittet’s What You Become in Flight explore both the liberating sense of art and the domineering logic of ballet.

Mar 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Glory Liu

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Cool the Planet?

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Cool the Planet? Can Artificial Intelligence Help Cool the Planet?

To some activists, ChatGPT seems like a useful tool for the climate movement. But skeptics warn that the benefits are outweighed by the costs—including misinformation and increased...

Mar 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

A mockup of a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War

The ongoing war is edging Ukraine and the surrounding countries toward the brink of a catastrophic nuclear crisis.

Mar 1, 2023 / Joshua Frank

Charles Koch during an interview with the Washington Post at the Freedom Partners Summit on August 3, 2015.

Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family

The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.

Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Michael Pertschuk, Federal Trade Commission Chairman and consumer advocate in Washington, August 27th, 1979. (Photo by Ben Martin/Getty Images)

Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk Ralph Nader Remembers Michael Pertschuk

Mike was called the “101st Senator”—his life and work offer invaluable lessons for today’s progressive movements and electeds.

Feb 23, 2023 / Ralph Nader

In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness

In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness

Afro-feminist movements push for comprehensive sex education, a cultural shift, and exceptions to a total abortion ban.

Feb 22, 2023 / Photo Essay / Natalia Perez-Gonzalez

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor. Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.

Public health requires seeing the world from a collective perspective, but US agencies are still dominated by doctors trained to work on an individual level.

Feb 22, 2023 / Eric Reinhart

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