Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum? Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?
Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the car...
Dec 7, 2022 / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant
The Twitter User Taking on the Chinese Government The Twitter User Taking on the Chinese Government
“Teacher Li” has become a one-person news outlet and a crucial source of information about the protests in China for those both inside and outside the Great Firewall.
Dec 6, 2022 / Han Zhang
A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic A “Prevention Revolution” Offers Hope in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic
New forms of PrEP to prevent HIV, like injectable CAB-LA, are coming. Public health officials hope they’ll help South Africa’s young women, one of the most impacted groups in the w...
Dec 1, 2022 / Photo Essay / Shane Burke
Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power? Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power?
Has public health failed us? Or have we failed public health?
Dec 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified
Across the country, Gen Z and millennial voters prioritized abortion during the 2022 midterm elections. Will their historic turnout be rewarded?
Nov 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Zoe Sharif
The Minnesota Workers Who Are Still Searching for Justice The Minnesota Workers Who Are Still Searching for Justice
A crew of mostly Indigenous workers faced inhumane conditions at a burial recovery site in northern Minnesota. They refuse to give up fighting for justice.
Nov 30, 2022 / Feature / Cinnamon Janzer
Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism
She talked to The Nation about capitalism's evolutions and what the left can do to better prepare for the next political crisis.
Nov 29, 2022 / Q&A / Rhoda Feng
When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary
The health care system often neglects women and people with uteruses. For those who suffer from invisible diseases, informing oneself can be life-saving work.
Nov 28, 2022 / Kate Shannon Jenkins
The World John von Neumann Built The World John von Neumann Built
Game theory, computers, the atom bomb—these are just a few of things von Neumann played a role in developing, changing the 20th century for better and worse.
Nov 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg
No One Can Take Away Our Joy No One Can Take Away Our Joy
Across time and place, and amid grueling violence, trans people love and care for our own.
Nov 25, 2022 / Chase Strangio