Health
Science for Sale
Using a variety of ploys to manufacture doubt, a whole industry of science-for-hire experts helps corporations put profits over public health and safety.
What Is Medicine For?
In place of the hype over personalized medicine, we need a more sober evaluation of the meaning of health and health care.
What the Health Care Debate Still Gets Wrong
Contrary to the Obama administration, U.S. health care spending isn’t high because Americans use too much medicine. The real culprit is our fragmented and privatized system.
How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always turned on racial and economic difference.
From the Editors: Racist Logic
By examining the opioid crisis alongside the War on Drugs Murch brings an otherwise familiar story into new territory.
What New Zealand’s “Unfortunate Experiment” Can Teach Us About Medical Abuse
New Zealand’s response to medical misconduct should be a model for the rest of the world.
The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare
The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.
One Long Poem
A stunning trove of letters from Elizabeth Bishop to her therapist sheds light on the personal secrets that shaped her poetry.
GMOs Are Safe—So Let’s Label Them
Genetically engineered foods are safe, but there are still good reasons to label them.
Open Letter to Gayle Smith, Nominee for USAID Administrator
At USAID there’s one simple thing you can commit to: no famine.
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