Superbug crisis: How a woman saved her husband’s life

CNN  —  In February 2016, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee was holding her dying husband’s hand, watching him lose an exhausting fight against a deadly superbug infection. After months of ups and downs, doctors had just told her that her Continue reading Superbug crisis: How a woman saved her husband’s life

AOC’s Departing Chief of Staff Reflects on Life in the Pressure Cooker

These House Democrats of color are lightning rods for bigoted attacks, including death threats. Threats against members of Congress increased dramatically during Donald Trump’s presidency, more than doubling in the last five years to 9,600 cases in 2021. Last year, Continue reading AOC’s Departing Chief of Staff Reflects on Life in the Pressure Cooker

Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?

Six years later, in Powell v. Texas, the high court upheld a state law that criminalized public intoxication. In that case, a plurality of justices reasoned that while Robinson’s ruling was still valid, the Texas law did not run afoul Continue reading Will the Supreme Court Make Life Worse for America’s Homeless?