Injectable Medication Shows Promise for Anchorage’s Homeless Alcoholics
Co-published with the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Public Media. Addiction experts think with wider use, Vivitrol has the potential to reduce the number …
Appalachia’s Hospital Closures Are a Slow-Motion Health Care Emergency
Co-published with The Nation. Unless there are drastic changes to how we apportion health care in this country, the future of rural care will be either …
My Year Without Health Insurance
Co-published with The American Prospect. Christian health shares market themselves as a cheaper alternative, but have no obligation to actually pay health care bills. Life under them …
NATAL, Episode 8: “Trish’s Story”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. In the season finale, Dallas-based mother and doula, Trish, demonstrates what agency from day one looks like for Black …
‘They Deserve To Be Heard’: Sick and Dying Coal Ash Cleanup Workers Fight for Their Lives
Co-published with The Guardian and Southerly. Hundreds of workers fell ill after cleaning up America’s largest industrial disaster without proper gear. Twelve years …
The Superlative of All Alone Is All
Co-published with the Los Angeles Review of Books. Jennifer Michael Hecht relates George Wileman's new photo series to thoughts of pandemic isolation and the specter of …
NATAL, Episode 7: “Alexius’ Story”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. This week, we discuss the stigma around home births, and explore the radical work of full-spectrum doulas and the …
If We Want a Vital, Creative Society, We Need Universal Dental Care, Too
Co-published with the Washington Post. I hope that I am among the last who will languish for years with swollen gums and big dreams.
Seniors and Staff Caught in the Middle of Nursing Homes’ Quest for Profit
Co-published with The Guardian. The cycle of buying and selling care homes has led to shortcuts, closures, even fraud – and imperiled vulnerable residents’ health.
NATAL, Episode 6: “Brittany’s Story”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. Unable to find an OBGYN that reciprocated the genuine excitement and warmth she felt about becoming a mother for …
Telehealth Could Be Great, if Texas Had Access to It
Co-published with Texas Observer. Remote health care has the potential to connect patients to doctors safely during shelter-in-place. So why do so many Texans remain disconnected?
NATAL, Episode 5: “Marilyn and Yvonne’s Stories”
Co-published with You Had Me At Black. Marilyn and Yvonne are two parents determined to grow their families. When pregnancy loss disrupts their plans, they turn …