Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical? Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?
The history of birth control in America is littered with instances of coercion. Reproductive-justice advocates don’t want to see that happen again.
Oct 28, 2015 / Feature / Dani McClain
Something Important Seeping Out of the World Something Important Seeping Out of the World
Films about mourning and illness, and some worthy commercial fare, dominated this year’s New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Why We Need to Take Care of the Workers Behind Home Health Care Why We Need to Take Care of the Workers Behind Home Health Care
Turnover in the home-based health-care industry is as high as 60 percent. We need to change that.
Oct 19, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse. Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.
If someone had poisoned New York’s water supply and killed 9,000 people, it would have been the most litigated public health disaster of all time. But when it happened in Haiti? No...
Oct 16, 2015 / Fran Quigley
It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place
The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.
Oct 15, 2015 / Benjamin Ryan
At Catholic Hospitals, a ‘Right to Life’ but Not a Right to Death At Catholic Hospitals, a ‘Right to Life’ but Not a Right to Death
Five states permit doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives, but Catholic hospitals still refuse to let their patients “die with dignity.”
Oct 8, 2015 / Katherine Stewart
Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters
Life-saving research is collateral damage in the war on Planned Parenthood.
Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
4 Ways You Can Support Planned Parenthood Right Now 4 Ways You Can Support Planned Parenthood Right Now
Already turned your profile picture pink and signed a petition? Here’s what else you can do.
Oct 2, 2015 / Dani McClain
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It? Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?
In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.
Sep 29, 2015 / Feature / Douglas Foster
Romancing the Remains Romancing the Remains
A tubercular Surrealist describes his convalescence. What could go right?
Sep 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ricky D’Ambrose