Science and Health

Under the Influence: Michael Pollan and Leslie Jamison, Sober and Intoxicated

Under the Influence: Michael Pollan and Leslie Jamison, Sober and Intoxicated Under the Influence: Michael Pollan and Leslie Jamison, Sober and Intoxicated

Taking drugs and recovering are not always as incompatible as they seem.

Jun 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

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At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers At the VA, a Law Meant to Discipline Executives is Being Used to Fire Low-Level Workers

An investigation reveals that food-service workers, housekeepers, and claims processors—many veterans themselves—have lost their jobs under a new accountability law.

May 10, 2018 / Jasper Craven

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Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment? Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment?

Legislation has been introduced in at least 15 states to tax the companies that make and distribute painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin.

May 4, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter

France Goes Off the Rails

France Goes Off the Rails France Goes Off the Rails

The government’s proposed railway reforms will force yet more traffic onto the country’s overcrowded roads, even as people in the provinces and regions lose mobility, convenience, ...

May 3, 2018 / Benoît Duteurtre

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Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue

Crossed wires… Painfully prescient
… Misreading, misleading?…

Apr 26, 2018 / Our Readers, Mark Dowie, Mark Hertsgaard, and James Carden

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New York Could Open the First Safe Injection Site in the US New York Could Open the First Safe Injection Site in the US

As the death toll from the opioid crisis rises, the city is exploring a humane alternative.

Apr 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Stefanie ProjectLETS

Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That

With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.

Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne

Ralph Northam addresses pro-Medicaid rally

Virginians Want a Medicaid Expansion. Will the Legislature Deliver? Virginians Want a Medicaid Expansion. Will the Legislature Deliver?

In every legislative district in the state, voters want to see expanded coverage.

Apr 18, 2018 / Sean McElwee, Colin McAuliffe, and Avery Wendell

March for Science

STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement

Harassment in the sciences doesn’t only come in the form of neatly packaged Title IX reports of clear sexual abuse.  

Apr 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Emmalina Glinskis

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Hey Facebook, I’m Quitting You—and It’s Not Just About Cambridge Analytica Hey Facebook, I’m Quitting You—and It’s Not Just About Cambridge Analytica

There’s gotta be somewhere capitalism doesn’t reach, and I draw the line at community.

Apr 16, 2018 / Kai Wright

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