Science and Health

Joe Biden Wants to Transform Care Work in America

Joe Biden Wants to Transform Care Work in America Joe Biden Wants to Transform Care Work in America

We must start by viewing care work as an essential component not just of the economy but of life itself.

Apr 30, 2021 / Mike Konczal

Nuclear Impasse

Nuclear Impasse Nuclear Impasse

The USA and Iran clash on sanctions.

Apr 29, 2021 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Covid Surge in India

India Desperately Needs Biden’s Help to Address the Covid-19 Surge India Desperately Needs Biden’s Help to Address the Covid-19 Surge

It starts with ensuring that the vaccine is treated as a public good. With cases surging in India and the death toll skyrocketing, the world can’t wait.

Apr 28, 2021 / Madhuri Sastry and Suchitra Vijayan

Pandemic Artists Posters

Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War

When “How are you doing?” is also a question of politics and the world.

Apr 28, 2021 / Vijay Prashad

Gas Attack Training

The Fight to Ban Chemical Warfare Helped Us Battle Covid-19 The Fight to Ban Chemical Warfare Helped Us Battle Covid-19

The research of chemist Julian Perry Robinson and biologist Matthew Meselson on arms control set public health standards for understanding the spread of contagion.

Apr 28, 2021 / Peter Pringle

Sputnik vaccine Gaza

The Fight Against Vaccine Apartheid Goes Global The Fight Against Vaccine Apartheid Goes Global

Israel’s refusal to vaccinate Palestinians under occupation has stirred widespread outrage—and linked the struggle for justice in Palestine to struggles around the world.  

Apr 27, 2021 / Yara M. Asi

Spanish Flu

Why Do We Forget Pandemics? Why Do We Forget Pandemics?

Until the Covid-19 pandemic, the catastrophe of the Spanish flu had been dropped from American memory.

Apr 26, 2021 / Nina Burleigh

Women in Silicon Valley

How Sexism Is Coded Into the Tech Industry How Sexism Is Coded Into the Tech Industry

In Silicon Valley, conceptions of gender aren’t just an aspect of workplace culture—they’re part of the product.

Apr 26, 2021 / Adrian Daub

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

Covid à la Modi. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 19.

Apr 23, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Italy Covid

Letter From Italy Letter From Italy

“It’s as quiet in our street as it was a year ago.”

Apr 21, 2021 / Daisy Cockburn

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