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Native Son unveiled its annual year-end Native Son 101 List: Black gay and queer men who made an incredible impact throughout the year.

Steven Thrasher’s new book examines how society makes people vulnerable to viruses and blames them for it.

Steven Thrasher’s book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide, was published earlier this month. Thrasher spoke with the Institute for Public Accuracy this week about how the current spread of monkeypox is relevant to the book’s themes. 

The Nation spoke with Thrasher about who makes up the viral underclass—the subject of his new book—and what we should do to confront the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Viruses don’t discriminate, society does. That’s the argument made by Northwestern University journalism professor Steven Thrasher in his new book.

U.S. "viral underclass" suffer more from COVID-19: NBC-

Author Steven Thrasher reflects on his childhood in Oxnard, his career in journalism and what led him to write his debut book, \

Trump books headline this season’s offerings, as do studies of conspiracy thinking and cybercrime, first draft histories of the pandemic, critiques of U.S. imperialism, and reckonings with racism, misogyny, and environmental destruction.

Trump books headline this season’s offerings, as do studies of conspiracy thinking and cybercrime, first draft histories of the pandemic, critiques of U.S. imperialism, and reckonings with racism, misogyny, and environmental destruction.

Epidemiologists blasted the statement as misinformation and others pledged never to fly with the airline again.