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May 29, 2018
Emily Atkin
Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people. Hurricane Maria killed at least 4,645.
May 21, 2018
Emily Atkin
Why Do Americans Refuse to Give Up Tampons?
Throwaway culture and puritanical stigmas are holding women back from adopting a cheaper, more environmentally friendly menstrual product.
May 18, 2018
Melody Schreiber
The Erin Brockoviches of Ecuador
For these women, environmentalism and women's rights are closely linked: Past drilling projects have resulted in increased assaults, cancer, and infertility.
May 10, 2018
Fran Quigley
Building a NASA for Prescription Drugs
A bold solution to America's soaring drug prices
February 12, 2018
Sarah Jones
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Emily Atkin
Rural America’s Drinking-Water Crisis
Sparsely populated, low-income communities across the country suffer from polluted water—an injustice expected to worsen under Trump.
January 30, 2018
Sarah Jones
What rough beast have Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan created?
January 30, 2018
Emily Atkin
Scientists Saved a Bear With Fish Skin—And Stumbled on a Game-Changing Idea
The story of California's rescued bears isn't just heartwarming. It's the beginning of a new way to think about burn treatment.
November 8, 2017
Jordan Michael Smith
The Gross Inequality of Organ Transplants in America
There’s a nationwide organ shortage, but how long patients wait for a transplant can depend on how much money they have.
October 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Toxic Air in California Is a Public Health Crisis
They may be far away from the flames, but millions of residents are inhaling deadly pollution from the devastating wildfires.
August 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
America Is on the Verge of Ratpocalypse
Warmer weather is fueling a rodent surge, straining public health systems and the economy. It's time for the federal government to step in.
August 8, 2017
Sarah Jones
Appalachians are dying faster than other Americans.
August 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
With Obamacare Safe (for Now), the Medicare-for-All Debate Roars Back
Progressives and centrist Democrats are drawing wildly different conclusions from the defeat of the Republicans' repeal effort.
July 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
How to Sell “Medicare for All” to All Americans
Democrats increasingly support a single-payer health care system—and Republicans are already on the attack. Let the messaging wars begin.
June 22, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Senate health care bill is a blatant attack on America’s most vulnerable.
June 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
A major asthma drugmaker has been quietly investing in coal on the side.
June 19, 2017
Sarah Jones
It’s long past time Democrats raised hell about the secret GOP health care bill.
June 6, 2017
Adam Gaffney
How Medical Bills Harm Us All
Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.
May 10, 2017
Sarah Jones
Tom Price visited West Virginia and trampled on the First Amendment in two different ways.
May 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Republicans aren’t going to like how this movie ends for them.
April 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
The government might shut down because Congress is fighting over health care for retired coal miners (again).
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