In Tijuana, uninsured freelancers Amy Martyn and her husband Aaron pursue inexpensive orthopedic surgery for his doubly broken ankle. For both better and worse, they get what they paid for.
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Who Gets a Vaccine?
We may not have a COVID-19 vaccine, but who will even get it when we do?
Posted inNonfiction
The Consequences of Surviving
“As medicine advances, we have more survivors. But those survivors carry trauma to their graves.”
Posted inBooks, Feature, Highlight, Science & Nature, Story
Why Bumblebees Love Cats and Other Beautiful Relationships
On the wonders and benefits of natural relationships and what happens when humans meddle with the delicate balance between species.
Posted inNonfiction
‘This Wasn’t His First Time’
A kidnapping deemed a hoax, the newbie detective who cracked the case, and the Harvard-trained lawyer whose mental unraveling set the whole story in motion.
Posted inReading List
Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community
Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Inside Story Of How Arkansas Exploited COVID To Stop Abortions
“Under pressure by anti-abortion activists―including a board of health member―the state health department became a weapon.”
Posted inCuration, Highlight, Nonfiction, profile
Dear Mom & Dad: We Need to Talk about QAnon
Children Of QAnon believers are desperately trying to deradicalize their parents.
Posted inCommentary, education, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Closing the Loop on Diabetes
Open source code could be the key to transforming the life of diabetics.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Nick Roberts and Rosa Amanda Tuirán, Carroll Bogert and Lynnell Hancock, Kiese Makeba Laymon, Alicia Kennedy, and Kitty Kelley.
