Science and Health

Red Canary Song

Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued

Wu, a member of the sex worker collective Red Canary Song, discusses body work at the intersection of class, race, gender, and whorephobia.

Apr 2, 2021 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho

Politicizing Science

Politicizing Science Politicizing Science

Anti-vax vs. covid reality.

Apr 1, 2021 / OppArt / Anonymous

In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact

In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact

A family grapples with disappearance, loneliness, and angst during a pandemic.

Mar 31, 2021 / Joël Díaz

presidential candidate Biden at a campaign rally in Texas

Biden Is Facing a Roosevelt Moment Biden Is Facing a Roosevelt Moment

Democrats can’t allow the timid to block making a material difference in people’s lives.

Mar 30, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday

Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday

Amid care work’s heightened visibility during the pandemic, a campaign to eliminate 24-hour shifts in one of America’s most progressive states.

Mar 26, 2021 / Sara Van Horn and Wen Zhuang

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.

Mar 24, 2021 / Lisa Torio

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

In his new novel Klara and the Sun, the British novelist offers us a narrative as much about our own world as about any imagined future.

Mar 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick

Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions

Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions

The Vermont senator’s championship of a Wisconsin health care union’s demand for a contract respecting work-life balance signals a new era of labor solidarity.

Mar 19, 2021 / John Nichols

CTE brain tissue

Will the NFL Survive the New Science of Brain Damage? Will the NFL Survive the New Science of Brain Damage?

A new study moves us one step closer to diagnosing CTE in the living, which could turn football on its head.

Mar 18, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Covid Positive

The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All

Covid-19 further revealed that a for-profit health care system doesn’t work. A coalition of House Democrats has reintroduced the bill that secures health care as a human right.

Mar 18, 2021 / John Nichols

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