Is There Still a Good Case for Water Fluoridation?
It’s a 75-year-old technology. Maybe we should rethink it.
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The Last Giraffes on Earth
The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think.
When the Police Call Your Landlord
Crime-free-housing programs are quietly giving police widespread influence over landlords and their tenants.
The Killing of a Colorado Rancher
When Jake Millison went missing, his family said he’d skipped town. But his friends knew him better than that, and they refused to let him simply disappear.
Reiki Can’t Possibly Work. So Why Does It?
The energy therapy is now available in many hospitals. What its ascendance says about shifts in how American patients and doctors think about health care.
Nuclear Tests Marked Life on Earth With a Radioactive Spike
Even as it disappears, the “bomb spike” is revealing the ways humans have reshaped the planet.
The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions
How Trump is destroying the civil service and bending the government to his will
Venezuela Is the Eerie Endgame of Modern Politics
Citizens of a once-prosperous nation live amid the havoc created by socialism, illiberal nationalism, and political polarization.
The Undocumented Agent
After spending nearly two decades facilitating deportations as a Customs and Border Protection officer, Raul Rodriguez discovered that he was not a U.S. citizen. Now he’s at risk of deportation himself.
The #MeToo Case That Divided the Abortion-Rights Movement
When an activist accused one of the most respected physicians in the movement of sexually assaulting her, everyone quickly took sides.