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March 9, 2022
Melody Schreiber
This Is How Covid Started. And Here’s How We Stop the Next One.
The lab leak theory is dead. Covid-19’s true origins show why we need better disease surveillance of wild and domesticated animals alike.
November 29, 2021
Molly Osberg
Wealthy Countries Are to Blame for the Omicron Variant’s Spread
Nationalist vaccine hoarding and pharmaceutical companies’ profit motives have contributed to the endless pandemic.
April 12, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
August 24, 2020
Alexander Zaitchik
How to Break a Big Pharma Monopoly on a Covid-19 Vaccine
The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.
June 22, 2020
Melody Schreiber
Behind the Conflicting Advice on Coronavirus Safety
New research is upending early public health advice. That’s going to continue as researchers understand the virus better.
May 8, 2020
Christopher Ketcham
Is 5G Going to Kill Us All?
A new generation of superfast wireless internet is coming soon. But no one can say for sure if it’s safe.
August 8, 2019
Katharine Walter
Ebola Outbreaks Are About Inequality
The deadly disease is a security threat only because it's neglected as a social justice issue.
February 4, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Donors Pledged Nearly $3 Billion to the Ebola Crisis, But Have Paid Only $1 Billion
January 23, 2013
Nate Cohn
USA Today's Divorce From Gallup Is Good News for Everyone But Gallup
January 4, 2013
Lydia DePillis
Why the Anti-SOPA Band Hasn't Gotten Back Together
December 21, 2012
Charles Fried
Torture, America, and the Laws of War
December 19, 2012
Molly Redden
Meet John Lott, the Man Who Wants to Arm America's Teachers
December 18, 2012
Nate Cohn
Why Obama Should Lead From Behind on Gun Control
December 7, 2012
Paul Berman
The Rushdie Affair and the Struggle Against Islamism
October 19, 2012
Paul Berman
The Novel That Frightened Hamas and the Arab League
October 4, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Coal Miner’s Donor
A Mitt Romney benefactor and his surprisingly generous employees.
September 13, 2012
David Hajdu
The Famous Door: Wussies and Pussies and Sinking Ships in Bob Dylan’s Latest
August 1, 2012
Amy Sullivan
The Unapologetic Case for Formula-Feeding
July 12, 2012
Howard Jacobson
Whiff-Whaff
May 4, 2012
Christopher Caldwell
Europe’s Other Crisis
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