A middle-aged, mustached man dressed in a luxuriously decorated jacket and with a thick golden chain across his chest looks […]
Understaffing and Underperformance: A Cautionary Tale from the Veterans Health Administration’s Troubled Past
In March 2025, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its goal to lay off over fifteen percent of […]
Twist and Shout: Music, Race, and Medical Moralization
This upcoming November, Black American singer and dancer Chubby Checker will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of […]
Hidden Casualties
In the early pre-dawn hours of May 21, 2025, the House passed H.R.1, also referred to as the ‘One Big […]
Miscarriage is a Crime Again
In 1650, a young, single English servant named Anne Greene miscarried into the privy and did not tell anyone. We […]
Service Dogs in the era of MAHA
Service dogs have been utilized in the United States for nearly a hundred years, but incredibly we are still learning […]
Lo de la colza: Mass poisoning, state neglect, and corruption after the Spanish Transition
Culinary rapeseed oil – or canola oil – is a staple in many parts of the world. It has a […]
Neither Marine nor Maggot: Full Metal Jacket and the Crisis of Masculinity
In October 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump stood before his gathered rally attendees and made a promise: he would build […]
“They say that all women have the same apprehension”: Anxiety and Isolation in Seventeenth-Century Pregnancy
On August 19th, 1620, a young noblewoman sat alone in her château in Bayon, Lorraine. She was heavily pregnant with […]
RFK’s ideas about “wellness farms” for young people are eugenic and unconstitutional
Before he became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted an idea about […]
