The Roots of an Epidemic

From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.
Paula Akugizibwe

Breaking the Cycle

The future of reproductive health in India, from early ideas about population control to on-the-ground interventions happening now, to a world where men and women share contraceptive responsibility.
Hannah Harris Green

Disability Futures

We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
Kenny Fries

Beats: Space

Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

Beats: Food

Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

Beats: Disability

“Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

Beats: Health

Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

Who’s to Blame When a Therapy Bot Goes Wrong?

Deploying bots in a medical setting demands a whole new ethical framework.
Natalie Kane
5 min read

Is the SoulCycle Instructor Preaching for Your Spirit, or Your Wallet?

On group fitness, and the exchange of capital for quasi-spirituality.
Hannah Harris Green
6 min read

The Man Who Would Sell You Mars

Space is largely unregulated–and one man thinks he’s worked out how to claim Mars before anyone else.
Simon Parkin
7 min read