![[Photo: A woman carries a child to get him to touch a huge soap bubble in the park.]](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GettyImages-1235093426.jpg)
Dividing Up the Autism Spectrum Will Not End the Way You Think Dividing Up the Autism Spectrum Will Not End the Way You Think
The Lancet’s proposal to create a new label of “profound autism” serves only to distract us from the work of ensuring that all autistic people have everything they need to thrive.
Jan 31, 2022 / Julia Bascom and David M. Perry
Ron Johnson’s Reelection Strategy Is to Amplify Covid Conspiracy Theories Ron Johnson’s Reelection Strategy Is to Amplify Covid Conspiracy Theories
The Wisconsinite is using the Senate as a platform to amplify discredited doctors who are more worried about vaccines than Covid.
Jan 28, 2022 / John Nichols
Colleges Struggle to Address a Mental Health Crisis Colleges Struggle to Address a Mental Health Crisis
As the Covid-19 pandemic worsened, expectations and resources on campus remained largely the same.
Jan 26, 2022 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie
ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger. ICE Is Detaining More Immigrants. Covid Is Putting Them in Danger.
The Biden administration is placing millions of incarcerated people—including over 20,000 who are in ICE detention—at risk of a Covid-19 illness, disability, and death.
Jan 25, 2022 / Sophia Gurulé and Abdullah Shihipar
How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine? How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine?
All parents are struggling during the pandemic, but those with kids too young to be vaccinated are barely holding on.
Jan 21, 2022 / Regina Mahone
What We Owe People Experiencing Homelessness in the US What We Owe People Experiencing Homelessness in the US
Much of the foundational data about Covid-19 came from people without housing and those who work with them.
Jan 20, 2022 / Joshua Barocas
What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal What’s Really Behind the Microsoft-Activision Deal
It isn’t the end of the console wars but the start of the metaverse wars.
Jan 19, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure
A conversation with George Aumoithe on the history of disease prevention, the economic roots of the crisis American hospitals face, and why we need to do better.
Jan 19, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic Rand Paul Abandons His Hippocratic Oath to Play Politics During a Pandemic
The senator from Kentucky’s “Fire Fauci” crusade is a crude scheme to exploit fears and raise campaign cash, and Dr. Anthony Fauci called him out on it.
Jan 19, 2022 / John Nichols
How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid
The community once the hardest hit is now one of the safest in the United States.
Jan 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Cohen