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August 3, 2020
When You Have Diabetes, Even a Routine Police Encounter Can Turn Fatal
Diabetics are often denied necessary care in police custody, leading to life-threatening complications and even death.
Natalie Shure
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September 17, 2018
Palm Oil Is Everywhere in India—and Public-Health Experts Are Concerned
How the cheap, unhealthy oil became the high-fructose corn syrup of the developing world.
Jocelyn C. Zuckerman
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March 4, 2015
Ten Urban Experiments That Your City Should Adopt
From Atlanta to Los Angeles, cities are becoming greener, healthier, and more humane.
Sasha Abramsky
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October 14, 2014
Big Soda Is Outspending Its Opposition 10-to-1 to Fight a Soda Tax in Berkeley
Berkeley residents overwhelmingly support the measure, but beverage companies are fighting back.
Anna Lappé
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April 3, 2013
Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond
An unreliable anthropologist of traditional societies is a no less dubious diagnostician of the contemporary world.
Stephen Wertheim
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May 27, 2009
Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength
There is little doubt that Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, when and if she is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, will be a role model. As the first Latina on the bench, she would be both a jurist and a constant reminder that this is a richly-diverse and multicultural country that is at its best when we encourage the children of all Americans -- no matter what their race, ethnicity, gender or class -- to study hard, work hard and achieve great things. National Council of La Raza president Janet MurguÃa said it best after President Obama announced his selection of Judge Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter.
John Nichols