People “The Forgotten Girls” of the American Ozarks A new memoir takes a personal look at why today’s generation of rural, low-income Americans won't live as long as their parents. By Maura Kelly July 24, 2023
People #WeCount: Measuring Dobbs’ impact on abortion access The Society of Family Planning started collecting abortion data in the months before Roe was overturned. Here’s what we know one year in. By Amanda Becker June 26, 2023
Essay To protect gender-affirming care, we must learn from trans history The current culture war isn’t the first time gender-affirming care has come under fire. It's time to break the cycle. By Alejandra Caraballo June 21, 2023
Ideas One year post-Roe, how can policymakers protect abortion access? Anti-abortion groups are pushing for state control over reproductive health. We need a new vision in order to respond. By Kelly Baden and Isabel Guarnieri June 20, 2023
Opinion Health data is fragmented and biased. Here’s how we clean it up. Health data doesn’t always make its way into the hands of people who need it—and some necessary data isn't collected at all. By Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Jr. June 13, 2023
News “It’s a dignity issue”: Inside the movement tackling period poverty in the U.S. People who struggle to afford the rising costs of scarce period supplies face higher risks of infection, and often miss work or school. By Allison Torres Burtka June 12, 2023
Feature How Indigenous Knowledge may shape the future of U.S. policy Native leaders welcome the federal government's move, even as they remain skeptical the effort will outlast Biden's term. By Makepeace Sitlhou and Lucy Tu June 5, 2023
Inside the Sisyphean crisis of homelessness Author Tracy Kidder paints an empathic portrait of people experiencing homelessness and one man who chose to care for them—Dr. Jim O’Connell. By Michael Fitzgerald June 2, 2023
Opinion Let’s end the war on obesity The way America fights obesity is increasing stigma and leading to harmful behavior. For truly better health, we need a new approach. By Catherine Seraphin May 31, 2023
Feature Paid family leave needs to expand its definition of “family” Advocates for paid family leave argue the policy leaves out a growing swath of older Americans: those without living family members. By Constance Sommer May 19, 2023