Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why.
America’s Unending Tragedy
Two decades after Columbine, Americans remain split as to whether guns are dangerous or essential—and the school shootings continue.
The Blesser's Curse
How sugar daddies and vaginal microbes created the world’s largest HIV epidemic
Plight of the Funny Female
Why people tend to appreciate men’s humor so much more than women’s
The Brain Bro
Eric Matzner says his nootropics will make your brain sharper in weeks.
Queen Bees
Research suggests that conditions in the workplace might be to blame when women bully other women
Forgetting Your First Language
I recently spoke Russian for multiple days for the first time in more than a decade.
The Coming Obsolescence of Animal Meat
Companies are racing to develop real chicken, fish, and beef that don’t require killing animals.
Living Poor and Uninsured
Life in a state that didn’t expand Medicaid
The Medical Middlemen
Nurses spend 16 hours on the phone, medications take months to arrive, and patients suffer as they wait.
Into the Body of Another
In an effort to protect children in the midst of addiction epidemics, some states are jailing women for using drugs during pregnancy.