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December 24, 2021
Natalie Shure
Why Isn’t the World Vaccinated as Omicron Spreads Like Wildfire? Blame Rich Countries.
Big Pharma and cowardly leaders in the Global North have left poor countries vulnerable to the most contagious Covid variant yet.
June 1, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property
Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?
May 6, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Big Pharma: There’s No Easy Way Out of the Vaccine Crisis We Created
Corporate America might protest, but the potential of a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines is worth celebrating—and fighting for.
April 30, 2021
Katie Gallogly-Swan
Biden, Do the Right Thing and Release the Vaccines From Pharma’s Grip
Throwing U.S. support behind waiving patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines could trigger a surge in global supply.
April 12, 2021
Alexander Zaitchik
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
March 15, 2021
Alex Pareene
Most of the World Has a Simple Vaccine Request. America Isn’t Listening.
Nations across the world are demanding the right to manufacture their own Covid-19 vaccines. Why is the U.S. saying no?
July 9, 2018
Alex Shephard
Why Trump Might Lose His Trade War With China
The administration is engaging in a giant game of chicken—and there's no reason to believe the other side will blink first.
July 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Big Trade War Bluff
When the president threatens to blow up the global economy, he is really playing to a domestic audience.
November 15, 2012
Christina Larson
Goodbye to the Hu Jintao Era
September 24, 2012
Alec MacGillis
When Romney Was Anti-Anti-China, Not So Long Ago
June 27, 2005
Thomas Nagel
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