Community fridges are helping neighbors nourish one another
Grassroots mutual aid can fight food waste and food insecurity while bringing communities closer together.
Policy & Practice
SNAP helps Americans eat. But can it help them eat better?
Studies suggest people who use the program are less healthy than people who don’t.
As food stamps turn 60, four reasons to celebrate
The program reduces food insecurity and poverty.
As drinking habits shift, global alcohol industry fights to stay ahead
Excess drinking causes millions of deaths each year.
Is alcohol good or bad for you? Yes.
It's all more nuanced than headlines (including this one) suggest.
NYC is working to help residents live longer, healthier lives
Ashwin Vasan, the city's health commissioner, hopes to reverse declines in life expectancy with a new program.
Families in states with bans on trans care are finding hope across state lines
“I would rather have an alive kid on testosterone than a dead kid that’s not," says one North Carolina mom.
Can California’s health care providers help solve homelessness?
With new state funds, some California health care providers move to offer what homeless patients really need: housing.