Science and Health

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How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School

Conflicting reports of contamination have worried residents of Florissant, a community that continues to suffer from the legacy of the Manhattan Project.

Jul 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Walter Thomas-Patterson

Patient holding the hand of hospice nurse

The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care

Half of all Americans now die in hospice care.

Jul 7, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis

The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism

What does it mean to deprive a trans person of such care? It can, in fact, prove to be a death sentence.

Jul 4, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse

Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse

Did the “creative class” learn anything from buying into a product that was obviously destined to flop?

Jul 3, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner

Michal Kaliszan and his mother at Michal's graduation from the University of Waterloo, where he studied computer science.

When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All? When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All?

Disabled Canadians need support, but without proper government funding, voluntary death through MAID may be their only option.

Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Nora Loreto

What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy

What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy

I learned from an early age that honoring an individual’s wishes for their body is a sacred act.

Jun 27, 2023 / Feature / Angela Garbes

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.

Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Edna Bonhomme

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices Matchmaker Leonard Leo Helps Unite Billionaires With Supreme Court Justices

High-court corruption is built on a network of plutocratic coziness.

Jun 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Abortion Any Time Isn’t Just a Rallying Cry—It’s True Reproductive Freedom

Abortion Any Time Isn’t Just a Rallying Cry—It’s True Reproductive Freedom Abortion Any Time Isn’t Just a Rallying Cry—It’s True Reproductive Freedom

A year after the fall of Roe, affordable, meaningful access to abortion throughout pregnancy remains an indispensable goal of reproductive justice for all.

Jun 23, 2023 / Feature / T.S. Mendola

Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley Eugenics, Environmental Ruin, and Surveillance: The Story of Silicon Valley

California’s tech industry cannot escape its original sins.

Jun 23, 2023 / Edward Ongweso Jr.

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