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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 8, 2022January 25, 2023

This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Katie Barnes, Rachel Handler, Alex Hawkins, Lila Shapiro, and Raksha Vasudevan.

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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 1, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Justin Heckert, Gloria Liu, Sharon Levy, and Mychal Denzel Smith.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Radical Plan for Vaccine Equity

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 19, 2022October 19, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the reliance on Big Pharma in the global North to supply life-saving vaccines to the rest of the world is ineffective and dangerous. In this in-depth feature, Amy Maxmen takes a look at global vaccine inequality, and the effort of a network of countries — led by Afrigen, a […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

“What Price Was My Father’s Life Worth?”

by Seyward Darby May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

“Right-wing doctors are still peddling dubious COVID drugs.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 11, 2021October 19, 2022

“Years after agreeing to take part in research, families of children with congenital Zika syndrome are feeling abandoned.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology

The Digital Security Threat Inside Jameson Rich’s Body

by Krista Stevens November 26, 2020October 19, 2022

“It’s a feeling instead of living as a guinea pig for an opaque set of private interests, and a feeling that I can’t trust an industry that would ever put unsecure devices inside patients in the first place.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Personal History of the C-Section

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country

by Seyward Darby March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

“Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans.”

Posted inHighlight, Science & Nature, Writing

How Should We Talk About Suicide Online?

by Seyward Darby November 25, 2020October 19, 2022

“People are dying after joining a “pro-choice” suicide forum. How much is the site to blame?”

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Their Bodies Are Not Considered Their Own’: White Privilege in the Emergency Room

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 22, 2020October 19, 2022

It’s against the law to examine someone without their consent — but one ER doctor’s colleagues do it anyway.

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