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Back to SearchWhy Insulin Prices Keep Rising
It’s a rare bi-partisan point of agreement: the price of insulin is too high—and it’s still rising. With the stakes literally life-or-death for milli…
2 years, 10 months ago
When Politicians Need Mental Healthcare
When John Fetterman checked himself into a hospital for clinical depression in mid-February, he was praised by both parties and public health officia…
2 years, 10 months ago
Beijing’s Crackdown on Hong Kong Dissidents
When Beijing passed a new law that harshly penalized protests in Hong Kong, activists and dissident groups had to choose whether to shut down or get …
2 years, 10 months ago
TBD | Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?
New understandings of how our brains develop are changing how the law considers who is mature and who isn’t. But If our brains are still developing, …
2 years, 10 months ago
TBD | Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things
Microsoft has been testing out their new artificial intelligence on their long-ridiculed search engine Bing. The results? A chatbot that lies brazenl…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ukraine’s War Is Its New Normal
The sound of air raid sirens in Kiev are almost comforting to one Ukrainian journalist—it means the air defense system still works. But even with the…
2 years, 10 months ago
When an Earthquake Hits a Civil War
How getting recovery aid and assistance to Turkey and northern Syria has been complicated by on-going aftershocks from the earthquake and the reverbe…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Ohio Trainwreck Blame Game
How a derailed train and the dark cloud of chemical burn off over East Palestine, Ohio, came to confirm everything you think is wrong with everything…
2 years, 10 months ago
Amicus: The “Stop the Steal” Fight That Never Ended
Enjoy this episode of Slate's Amicus, while the What Next team enjoys the holiday.
Wisconsin’s State Supreme Court heard one of the landmark cases of …
2 years, 10 months ago
TBD | The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
The tech-laden, luxury bassinet “Snoo” has been presented as preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, helping babies sleep longer, and a totally reas…
2 years, 10 months ago