Science and Health

Abortion Protest

What Young People Face Without “Roe” What Young People Face Without “Roe”

With power in the hands of the states after Dobbs v. Jackson, college students are ready to continue the decades-long fight for abortion rights.

Jun 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade

Protest after the Dobbs decision

48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell 48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell

By Friday afternoon, nine states were enforcing total bans on abortion. The volunteers who connect people seeking abortion to resources heard a wave of desperation from callers.

Jun 29, 2022 / Amy Littlefield

Frederick Law Olmsted

Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park. Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park.

Many cities have Frederick Law Olmsted to thank for these spaces.

Jun 28, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A City of New York Police Department security camera

The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma

A coalition of law students at New York University has condemned the nonprofit for partnering with various police technology, surveillance, and weaponry companies.

Jun 27, 2022 / StudentNation / Ruqaiyah Zarook

The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI

The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI

Declarations of sentience are wildly premature. But the dangers AI poses to labor are very real.

Jun 24, 2022 / Dwayne Monroe

People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police

People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police

It’s time to pick a side.

Jun 23, 2022 / Renee Bracey Sherman

ultrasound

Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK! Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK!

To be pro-choice is to be against forced life.

Jun 22, 2022 / Sophie Lewis

Covid NYC

Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic? Have We Really Learned Nothing From the Pandemic?

I’d like to believe we’ve learned a lesson about our species-wide vulnerability, our planetary connectedness. But in fact, we seem more atomized and arrogant than ever.

Jun 16, 2022 / Nina Burleigh

The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy

The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy The Long, Tangled History of Teletherapy

Hannah Zeavin’s history of remote and distance psychotherapy asks us whether the medium matters than the message.

Jun 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danielle Carr

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body” Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body”

In her new book, Under the Skin, the journalist dismantles the notion that the health crisis facing Black Americans is an individual problem.

Jun 14, 2022 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

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