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Posted inCurrent Events, Story
A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health
Stories of women of color dying of childbirth have dominated headlines — but little has been done to change postpartum care.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Current Events, Story, Uncategorized
A Stimulus Plan for the Mutual Aid Economy
Policymakers’ neglect of caregiving harms a major force in American labor.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
McDonald’s Starts Serving McTech to Survive in the Modern Age
Rapidly modernizing has caused the McDonald’s company some growing pains, but embracing Big Tech might just save them from their old analog self.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Latest Diet Trend Is Not Dieting
Instead of counting calories and using weight as the barometer of health, intuitive eating encourages people to eat what they want when they feel hungry and dispense with notions of “good” and “bad” food. Guilt and shame only lead to overeating.
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Life As a Public Health Crisis
Society holds many harmful misconceptions about obesity and poverty. So what’s it like to be a fat woman working in food justice?
Posted inFood, Quotes
Feeding Our Kids, In Fatness and in Health
If struggling parents feed their kids KFC, is it nutritional neglect or love?
Posted inNonfiction
Whiteness on the Couch
Clinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.
Posted inHighlight, Quotes, Science & Nature
You’re Fine, and So Is Your Baby
If new parents say they don’t have intrusive thoughts about harm befalling their babies, “they’re lying.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later (Or Don’t)
Officer Stephen Mader got fired for deciding not to shoot someone, and if that doesn’t say a lot about the problems with police culture in the U.S., I don’t know what to tell you.
