We Get Sick, They Get Rich
Our ‘free market’ health care system gives CEOs the freedom to squeeze us.
Health
How Air-Conditioning Unites and Divides
The vast majority of Americans now have A/C at home. At work, it's a different story.
Don’t Lie to Poor Kids About Why They’re Poor
Those at the bottom — and the top — deserve to know why their experiences are so different.
On Health Care and So Much More, the Nordics Show that Equality Works
But greater equality, the Scandinavian story helps us understand, doesn’t just suddenly appear.
Keeping the Wealthy Healthy — and Everyone Else Waiting
A veteran journalist tells the story behind what may be the most troubling exposé yet of ‘concierge care.’
Senate Health Bill Would Kill Essential Homecare Jobs
Caregivers are protesting legislation that would deliver a tax-cut windfall to the wealthy and devastate a fast-growing workforce and the millions of elderly and disabled Americans who rely on homecare services.
What Melania’s Husband Could Learn — about Inequality — from Melania’s Homeland
Slovenians live longer, healthier lives than Americans. They also live more equally.
How Inequality Endangers Our Mental Health
The evidence that inequality has damaging psychological effects has now become much clearer.