Health and hygiene

Wellness Cures

By Katie Booth,

Can hospitals learn to better treat Deaf patients?

Women’s Troubles

By Abby Norman,

By Abby Norman, from Ask Me About My Uterus, which was published last month by Nation Books. Norman is an editor at Futurism, a science and technology website.

Running to the Grave

By Barbara Ehrenreich,

By Barbara Ehrenreich, from Natural Causes, which will be published next month by Twelve. Ehrenreich is the author of more than a dozen books, including Nickel and Dimed (Henry Holt).…

Empty Suits

By Ian MacDougall,

Defamation law and the price of dissent

Within Reach

By Nicole Pasulka,

The transgender community fights for health care

States of Decay

By Ben Mauk,

A journey through America’s nuclear heartland

Remains of the Day

By Christa Wolf, Katy Derbyshire,

By Christa Wolf (1929–2011), from One Day a Year, a journal that she kept each September 27 from 1960 until her death. The most recent volume will be published next month by…

Innocents

By Rachel Nolan,

Where pregnant women have more to fear than Zika

Lotion

By Simone White,

By Simone White, from Of Being Dispersed, a collection of poetry that was published in May by Futurepoem Books. White’s previous collection is Unrest. Read More

Doctoral Feces

By Matthias Gross,

From “Natural Waste: Canine Companions and the Lure of Inattentively Pooping in Public,” a study by Matthias Gross, published in the March 2015 issue of Environmental Sociology. Read…

The Work Cure for Women

By Lorna Jean King,

This vague put-upon feeling had been bothering me for some time, but only recently did I finally realize that I’m just one victim of a vast conspiracy. Chances are that…

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