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Pro-life demonstrators confront pro-choice counterparts

Social Justice

Should Health-Care Providers Be Allowed to Opt Out of Providing Birth Control?

The Trump administration strengthened protections for "conscientious objectors" to abortion and assisted suicide. We talked to ethicists about balancing patients' and providers' rights.

Francie Diep

The California Institution for Men prison fence in Chino, California.

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Will Artificial Intelligence Help Improve Prisons?

China and Hong Kong have started using tech to create "smart" prisons. Should the U.S. consider following their lead?

Nila Bala & Lars Trautman

A makeshift memorial sits across the street from the Chabad of Poway Synagogue on Sunday, April 28th, 2019, one day after a gunman opened fire on worshippers.

Social Justice

Does the Media Need to Report on Extremist Manifestos?

An extremism scholar discusses the ways in which journalism has been hijacked by bad faith actors in the wake of the Poway and Christchurch shootings.

Brianna Provenzano

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest an undocumented Mexican immigrant during a raid in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in April of 2018.

Social Justice

No One Agrees on the Map of Sanctuary States. We Made One Anyway.

We collected a list of states with sanctuary—and anti-sanctuary—policies. But it was more complicated than you might think.

Jack Herrera

Daniela Chavarriaga holds her daughter, Emma Chavarriaga, as pediatrician Jose Rosa-Olivares, M.D., administers a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital on June 2nd, 2014, in Miami, Florida.

Social Justice

What Actually Works to Get People to Vaccinate?

Health officials have tried many different strategies, but the science is still in its early days.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

What Does Chalking Tires Have to Do With the Fourth Amendment?

A court ruled meter maids are conducting searches without warrants, reflecting a shift from a privacy-based conception of rights to a property-based one.

Jack Denton

Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain lie on display.

Social Justice

Did Researchers Who Seek to Relieve Pain Contribute to the Opioid Epidemic?

It's not just drug manufacturers who are feeling the effects of major opioid lawsuits.

Francie Diep

Voting booths are set up at the Yuengling center on the campus of University of South Florida as workers prepare to open the doors to early voters on October 22nd, 2018, in Tampa, Florida.

Social Justice

What’s the Future of Voting Rights for Former Felons in Florida?

In November, voters passed an amendment restoring the right to vote for those convicted of a felony, but new legislation could diminish its potential impact.

Victoria Shineman

Social Justice

The 2020 Democratic Candidates Are Split on Letting Incarcerated People Vote

Bernie Sanders supports expanding the U.S franchise to people in prison. Pete Buttigieg does not. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are unsure.

Brianna Provenzano

Old man at home / elderly care medicine house calls

Social Justice

House Calls Can Lead to Dramatically Better Health Outcomes Among the Elderly

Research shows that house calls are an excellent way to deliver care, providing better outcomes and lowering costs. So why aren't we funding more of them?

Alieza Durana