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May 23, 2023
Anti-Trans Legislation Is Becoming a National Security Issue
Bans on gender-affirming care are forcing some military families to seek compassionate reassignment.
Colleen Hamilton
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May 23, 2023
What Are Rules For?
A conversation with historian Lorraine Daston about her recent book on the history of rules and how they have structured life across centuries.
Ishan Desai-Geller
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May 23, 2023
Covid Has Left Deep Wounds in America’s Rural Communities
The virus tore at the bonds of solidarity in rural areas like Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Many of the scars have yet to heal.
Anne N. Sosin
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May 22, 2023
The Democratic Party’s Dianne Feinstein Problem Has Become a Quagmire
The senator’s refusal to retire has left her party with nothing but bad options.
Jeet Heer
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May 22, 2023
The Collapse of This Texas Health Care Program Is Putting Women’s Lives in Danger
For low-income, rural, and uninsured women across the state, the Healthy Texas Women program means access to lifesaving medical care—and it may soon disappear.
Julie Poole
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May 22, 2023
When “Suicide Watch” Becomes a Death Sentence
Instead of the help they need, people in prisons and jails with mental health issues are often left alone to suffer—and sometimes die.
Katie Rose Quandt
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May 18, 2023
How the US Military’s Fertility Policies Are Leaving Women to Suffer
Antiquated and discriminatory rules around fertility treatments are making the struggle to have a child immeasurably more difficult for many military families.
Britta Lokting
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May 17, 2023
How Medicare Advantage Could Kill Medicare
Once corporations privatize every inch of the public provision of health care, we may never get Medicare back.
Ady Barkan
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May 17, 2023
Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers
Passed over strenuous opposition from the company, the new law is the fruit of a long campaign by Amazon workers and the local community.
Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman and Erin Murphy
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May 17, 2023
Can America Go Car-Free? Gen Z Hopes So.
Young people today are already driving less, but breaking the country’s car-dependency will require unprecedented investment in infrastructure and public transit.
Hannah Reynolds