Is there anything more nonsensical than dental coverage being separate from health coverage? As if your mouth is not part of your body. It’s just complete nonsense. And yet, here we are, with th
There are so many social movements that don’t get enough attention in our historical memory. One of those is the Young Lords, the Puerto Rican movement in New York and other cities inspired by t
But you wouldn’t know that if you listened to the GOP, which can’t decide whether “transportation” only includes things that cars go vroom on or extends all the way to mass tra
Miscarriages are just such a sad thing. We all know people who had them, ourselves, our families, our friends. It’s worth noting, as Jessica Zucker does here, that the cost of miscarriages is no
The entire neoliberal project has been about privatizing public goods. Unlike various false definitions of neoliberalism, leading some to equally falsely say that it is not a real thing because to adm
I was reading the obituary today for Jack Geiger, the socially minded doctor who put his expertise to use in order to solve poverty. It’s really fascinating. In 1970, a documentary called Out in
Not that anyone cares anymore, but the United Auto Workers strike is entering its third week tomorrow. I was on NPR’s Weekend Edition today to talk about the UAW and health care, a major issue i
You would have no way of knowing it, but it may surprise you that there are things happening today that do not revolve around idiot New York Times op-ed writers. One of them is the daily struggle of t