clips — Olga Khazan

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.

The Brain Bro

Forget Adderall. Forget Provigil. Eric Matzner says his nootropics will make your brain sharper in weeks.

The Rock Doc

Patients say the “Rock Doc” helped them like no one else could. Federal prosecutors say his “help” often amounted to dealing drugs for sex. Featured on Longform.org

Sex Ed, Without the Sex

In West Texas, a Christian pregnancy center teaches sex ed in public schools.

Why Do Women Bully Each Other at Work?

Research suggests that conditions in the workplace might be to blame.

Plight of the Funny Female

Why people tend to appreciate men’s humor so much more than women’s

The Second Assault

Victims of childhood sexual abuse are far more likely to become obese adults.

Invisible Middlemen Are Slowing Down American Health Care

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. But is incarceration the best approach?

Living Poor and Uninsured in a Red State

Obamacare assumed states would expand Medicaid, but half of them aren’t. What will happen to those states' uninsured people?

Forgetting and Remembering Your First Language

I recently spoke Russian for multiple days for the first time in more than a decade. It did not go smoothly.

The Coming Obsolescence of Animal Meat

Companies are racing to develop real chicken, fish, and beef that don’t require killing animals.

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