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Anti-vaccine movement
April 16, 2021
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
The Problem With Trusting “the Science”
Politicians like Chris Christie have weaponized science to serve their agendas.
December 14, 2020
Walter Shapiro
How Biden Distributes the Vaccine Will Define His Presidency
He needs to prove that he is serious about breaking the policies of inequity and favoritism that flourished under Trump.
September 8, 2020
Libby Watson
Trumpian Politics Is the Greatest Threat to a Coronavirus Vaccine
There’s no inoculation for what this election season might do to the vital science of ending the pandemic.
June 15, 2020
Magazine
Ari Schulman
The Coronavirus and the Right’s Scientific Counterrevolution
How a new class of outsider experts is exploiting institutional failures and destabilizing knowledge
May 27, 2020
Matt Ford
The Biggest Threat to a Coronavirus Vaccine Is the American People
The derangements of our current era could threaten the rock-solid legal precedents that provide states with the right to act in the interests of public health.
August 7, 2019
Ed Simon
Marianne Williamson’s Spiritualism Has Deep, Liberal Roots
The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing.
April 1, 2019
Magazine
Maryn McKenna
The Plague Years
How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the world's health
January 31, 2019
Emily Atkin
America’s Epidemic of Vaccine Exemptions
New York and Washington allow parents to refuse vaccinations for non-medical reasons. Both states are experiencing major measles outbreaks. This is not a coincidence.
September 18, 2015
Brian Beutler
Trump Is Far from the Only Republican to Let Supporters Spout Crazy
His critics need to look in the mirror
July 24, 2015
Charles McCoy
Why Are Vaccination Rates Dropping in America?
February 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
Vaccine Skepticism Isn't a Conservative Problem, but It's a Problem for Conservatives
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