Featuring stories from Charlotte Bailey, Hanif Abdurraqib, Taylar Dawn Stagnar, Patrick Madden, and Kevin Chroust.
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The Great Psychedelic Experiment
“Researchers mined an old drug forum and fed the entries to an AI. The result could augur a new class of psychedelic-based antidepressants.”
Leaving America
“Americans have always moved away. These days, expat Lindsey Tramuta writes, record numbers are leaving or planning to leave in search of health care, civil rights, freedoms, even safety. Does exiting the United States mean you’ve given up? Not necessarily.”
Black Earth
“In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.”
The Price of Eggs
“The chickens had arrived the previous spring, unasked for, like most of life’s obligations.”
Madness on a Mountain: For 15 Years, My Mom was Trapped in a Mutual Psychosis
“She fell mysteriously ill while living in a remote cabin with my stepdad, and I suspected it was a cry for help. Then came the unexpected diagnosis: folie à deux.”
The Enigmatic Method
“Is EMDR a psychotherapeutic breakthrough, pseudoscience, or a little bit of both?”
Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage Plans Use Algorithms to Cut Off Care for Seniors in Need
“For all of AI’s power to crunch data, insurers with huge financial interests are leveraging it to help make life-altering decisions with little independent oversight.”
She Was Told Her Twin Sons Wouldn’t Survive. Texas Law Made Her Give Birth Anyway.
“Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.”
Bioacoustics: What Nature’s Sounds Can Tell Us About The Health of Our World
Ecosystems are noisy places, but humans are the loudest of all. In this piece, Alanna Mitchell investigates how we are drowning out what the earth is trying to say.

