The Public Is Us

Groner’s essay charts public health from Typhoid Mary to the Ebola outbreak, considering the balance between civil liberties and disease control.

Published: Dec 8, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,045 words)

The Politics of Drinking Water

A brief examination of drinking water’s place in American history, and the current politics of clean water.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Dec 30, 2014
Length: 8 minutes (2,211 words)

The Heart You Save Won’t Be Your Own

A young social worker fights Medicare to cover a homeless teenage boy’s medication, forfeiting her own idealism in the process.

Published: Jun 5, 2014
Length: 14 minutes (3,581 words)