“Lee John Whittington, a philosopher of luck, didn’t think ‘unluckiness’ was a quality people had. Then he met his wife.”
Eric Boodman
‘What’s Your Pain Right Now?’ Sickle Cell, Loss, and Survival in America
“‘What’s your pain right now?’ Sickle cell, loss, and survival in America.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
We’re recommending stories by Eric Boodman, Ann Neumann, Amos Barshad, Rosecrans Baldwin, and Danielle Elliot.
Coercive Care
“How doctors are pressuring sickle cell patients into unwanted sterilizations.”
