Science and Health

The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement

The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement

Russia’s anti-abortion activists have found success by using the fear of demographic decline to sway both church and government officials.

Aug 30, 2016 / Ilaria Parogni

What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?

What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State? What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?

In Utah, Dr. Leah Torres has to contend with a slew of medically unsound regulations to care for her patients. And that’s before the death threats.

Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter and Francis Reynolds

Mosquito Zika

The United States Has an Emergency Fund for Natural Disasters. Why Not for Pandemics? The United States Has an Emergency Fund for Natural Disasters. Why Not for Pandemics?

Zika is spreading in Florida, and Congress still hasn’t released money for a response.

Aug 25, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Haiti Cholera

It’s Time for the UN to Compensate Haitians for Its Cholera Disaster It’s Time for the UN to Compensate Haitians for Its Cholera Disaster

Accountability should be seen as a strength, not a liability, at an organization committed to human rights.

Aug 23, 2016 / Muneer I. Ahmad and Alice M. Miller

Health workers Brazil

Do the Olympics Actually Make the World Less Healthy? Do the Olympics Actually Make the World Less Healthy?

The Olympics bill themselves as celebrations of physical fitness, but often leave sickness and compromised health systems in their wake.

Aug 19, 2016 / Sonia Shah

Panama retiree

Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents Inequality Has Gotten So Bad That We’re Offshoring Our Grandparents

Americans can’t afford to retire in the United States, so many are moving south of the border, trading one form of inequity for another.

Aug 19, 2016 / Katherine Stewart

New Mexico Landscape

The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation

The facility is among several in which our reporting has uncovered dozens of deaths that involved substandard medical care.

Aug 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Women in STEM

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men 80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

Female inventors are claiming only a tiny sliver of patents, reflecting a gender bias in technological and scientific invention.

Aug 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Will the Public Internet Survive?

Will the Public Internet Survive? Will the Public Internet Survive?

For Scott Malcomson, the Web is slowly being redefined according to the old political maps of nation-states.

Aug 11, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Tekendra Parmar

Purcell-Privacy-Theater

‘Privacy’ Can’t Overcome Its Own Gimmick ‘Privacy’ Can’t Overcome Its Own Gimmick

The new play asks audience members to keep their phones on. And that’s not the only distraction.

Aug 5, 2016 / Carey Purcell

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