Natalie Shure
The New Republic
Boston, MA, United States
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How Insulin Became the Poster Child for Medicare for All
The staggeringly high costs of good health in America affect all of us in profound ways—and insulin makes the stakes tragically clear. → Read More
Why are these labor unions opposing Medicare for All?
Unions against the New York Health Act have joined a new initiative called “Realities of Single Payer” → Read More
Medicare for All Would Be Difficult to Implement. It Would Also Be Difficult to Dismantle.
For anyone sincerely concerned about the potential havoc Republicans could unleash on the Affordable Care Act, it's worth noting that its brittle framework helps facilitate such partisan manipulation in the first place. → Read More
Why Single-Payer Health Care Could Work in California
And why state-level reform is a risky proposition for most of the country. → Read More
Parsing the Pro-Corporate Ethics of the Clinton Foundation
Critics allege that the Foundation is often too generous to corporations. But it’s certainly got an admirable track record. → Read More
The Real Problem With Playing ‘Pokémon Go’ at the Holocaust Museum —
The museum, like the video game, relies on careful curation to furnish an alternate experience of reality. → Read More
Why Has It Taken the Menstrual Cup So Long to Go Mainstream?
Its long, sputtering history tells us that we change what we use only after we change how we think. → Read More
Donald Trump, This WWII Refugee Exhibition Has a Lot To Teach You
At New York's Center For Jewish History, an exhibit focusing on Jewish refugees after WWII has many piercing, emotional parallels to today's refugee crisis, and the racism around it. → Read More
Who Invented The ‘Bedsheet Ghost’?
It’s the simplest Halloween costume, with many detractors, and even the odd supporter. But the bedsheet ghost’s basic exterior hides a rich cultural history. → Read More
So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines
Trevor Noah seems to borrow from Dave Chappelle, re-ignites debate about the ethics and reality of stealing jokes → Read More
So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines
Trevor Noah seems to borrow from Dave Chappelle, re-ignites debate about the ethics and reality of stealing jokes → Read More
So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines
Trevor Noah seems to borrow from Dave Chappelle, re-ignites debate about the ethics and reality of stealing jokes → Read More
Donald Trump, national embarrassment: The rest of the world is gawking at his campaign — and us
The international community is as disgusted by his poll numbers as we are. Here's how he's being covered abroad → Read More
How New York Beat Its TB Epidemic
Twenty-five years ago, tuberculosis was ravaging vulnerable populations in New York. Here’s how the city beat back the deadly disease. → Read More
You Never Think About Tuberculosis Until You Lose Two Years And Half A Lung To It
While volunteering for the Peace Corps in Ukraine in 2010, I contracted a rare, severe version of drug-resistant TB. Two years of painful, isolating treatment taught me the vital role social media ... → Read More
Toward an Effective Tuberculosis Vaccine
Thanks to an infected hospital worker, hundreds of babies in Texas are being tested for TB. Why has it been so hard to develop an effective vaccine for the disease? → Read More
Are Americans Kinder Than Russians? And Other Russian Memes Explained
On the other side of the world, an entirely different internet is taking place: Russian internet. Today, Natalie Shure takes us on a tour of recent artifacts on the Russian web, from VKontakte to LiveJournal, from controversial pranksters to nonsensical dance loops. → Read More
Fox Is Airing a New Stand-Up Series—but They’re Not Paying the Comics
Laughs is a new comedy showcase series airing on 11 Fox TV markets nationwide. It premiered on Aug. 2 and is running on Saturdays at 11 or midnight in most markets. Each half-hour episode features stand-up performed in clubs across the country, produced on a shoestring budget. The show is part of Fox’s... → Read More
Why These Russians Have Cats on their Heads, and Other Memes Explained
On the other side of the world, an entirely different internet is taking place: Russian internet. Today, Natalie Shure takes us on a tour of the past week or so on the Russian web, from VKontakte to LiveJournal, from lighthearted animal exploitation to jaw exercises set to rap. → Read More
How the Ukraine is Like Star Wars and Other Russian Memes, Explained
On the other side of the world, an entirely different internet is taking place: Russian internet. Today, Natalie Shure takes us on a tour of the past week or so on the Russian web, from VKontakte to LiveJournal, from MH17 conspiracies to the toilet duckling meme. → Read More