Director of the global health program and senior fellow for global health, economics and development at the Council on Foreign Relations. His most recent book is titled Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.