Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah hosts the website resurgentmalaria.com. Her new book, a political history of malaria, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Currently

  • Why Africa Doesn't Want Foreign Aid

    March 17, 2009

    Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo argues that aid actually undermines the social and economic fabric of the developing world.

  • Scientists Come Out for Human Rights

    January 27, 2009

    After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implications of their work.

2008

2006

  • Don't Blame Environmentalists for Malaria

    March 31, 2006

    Tina Rosenberg is wrong to argue in the New York Times that environmentalists who fought to limit the use of DDT have contributed to the worldwide spread of malaria.

2005

  • 'The Constant Gardener': What the Movie Missed

    August 30, 2005

    As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials.

2002

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Blogs

» The Beat

Revolutionary Republic of July 4 Should Eschew Empire's Errors | Instead of interventions in Iran, Honduras, we must recall wisdom that said: "(America) goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
John Nichols
50 Comments

» Act Now!

Defining Patriotism | What do you value in the traditions of your country?
Peter Rothberg
45 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Rediscovering Secular America | This Fourth of July those who identify themselves as non-believers have much cause for celebration.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
63 Comments

» The Notion

Celebrating the Fourth by Remembering the Fifth | On Independence Day, the forgotten and imperiled Fifth Amendment bears honoring.
Eyal Press
33 Comments

» Altercation

Mikey 'n' Me | I got closer to Michael Jackson than almost anyone, or at least closer than most people of the age of consent.
Eric Alterman

» Capitolism

Washington: Even More Corrupt Than You Thought! | Washington Post sells access to lobbyists.
Christopher Hayes
62 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Whisky Tango Foxtrot? | General Jones tells the generals in Kabul: don't bother asking for more troops.
Robert Dreyfuss
65 Comments