The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is an Indictment of US Health Care
What might have happened if taxpayers—rather than investors—had directly funded Theranos’s blood-prick research?
Dec 22, 2021 / James Ledbetter
Medical Translation Without Trust Medical Translation Without Trust
Finding a translator in medical settings was difficult enough before the pandemic, but now the solutions come with additional problems.
Nov 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi
Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future Why Ecology Is the Infrastructure of the Future
Landscape architect Kate Orff says we must restore and harness natural systems to protect ourselves from the worsening climate crisis.
Oct 15, 2021 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response Relying on Public-Private Partnerships Has Weakened America’s Pandemic Response
It’s happening all too often: A private company receives public funds for the public good, only to act in the best interests of its shareholders instead.
Sep 30, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar
The 24-Hour Outrage Cycle The 24-Hour Outrage Cycle
It’s a well-oiled machine.
Sep 28, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens? When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens?
The initial decision by OnlyFans to ban porn illustrates how ostensibly legal online sex work is, in reality, criminalized.
Sep 6, 2021 / Emily Coombes
The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic
For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.
Aug 30, 2021 / Feature / Eamon Whalen
Two Cheers for the Free Press Two Cheers for the Free Press
And why Democratic attempts to cure excesses through censorship are not only wrong but stupid.
Jul 29, 2021 / Column / Benjamin Moser
How Do We Prepare for an AI Future? How Do We Prepare for an AI Future?
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. How do we ensure that’s a good thing?
Jul 26, 2021 / John Feffer
Billionaires in Space Billionaires in Space
For the world’s richest men, the stars are up for sale.
Jul 23, 2021 / A.M. Gittlitz