Stories by The Editors

They boost suffrage, not fraud

By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo

Restricting access to abortion goes against science, safety, and human dignity and portends a dangerous future

Scams and volatility plague this market, and the Biden administration is still trying to decide where the federal government fits in

Evidence shows they boost suffrage, not fraud

Health security is as important to a nation as a standing army

Lessons about racial injustice help students understand reality

Organizations can act to protect themselves, but collaboration is the best defense

The COVID pandemic made a long-standing problem even more urgent

A crop of bad bills hobbles health agencies and makes it harder to stop disease

Indigenous peoples have been conserving ecosystems for millennia. Now the developed world wants to evict them

Emergency management leaves out vulnerable groups and is poorly prepared for worsening climate-related disasters

It’s time to invest more in home-based care and nursing homes, increase workers’ pay and improve oversight

Bills that restrict access to gender-affirming health care ignore research

We need a public health culture change informed by lessons from COVID

We asked our vaccinated colleagues whether they planned on keeping their masks on or not—and why

Coroners are not typically required to have medical expertise—and that’s a problem

The continuing proliferation of atomic weapons threatens the safety of billions

Our national leaders must take on racist-driven violence in the U.S.

A technique known as psychological first aid could help reduce COVID stress and anxiety

Readers write in about their ancestors’ experiences during the 1918 flu

Fixing a flawed Internet free speech regulation requires input from more than just tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter

Tools used in health care are harming people of color. It’s time to fix them