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Public Health
Interviews with scholars of public health about their new books
March 15, 2026
The Fast
With fasting at an all-time high in popularity, here is an enlightening exploration into the history, science, and philosophy behind the practice—esse…
March 15, 2026
Hypochondria
Hypochondria: In Sickness and in Story (Reaktion, 2026) proposes a bold reimagining of a frequently dismissed condition. Dr. Susannah B. Mintz reframe…
March 10, 2026
Heart of Science
In Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry (University of Chicago Press, 2026), philosopher Jacob Stegenga breaks with the most dominant …
March 6, 2026
Killers of Roe
In Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights (Legacy Lit, 2026) reporter Amy Littlefield investigates the secret k…
March 3, 2026
Liquid Handcuffs
A hard-hitting exposé of how methadone clinics fail people in recovery—and an urgent, unapologetic case for their abolition. Methadone is a life-sav…
February 24, 2026
What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing But Cocaine?
Dr. Hanna Pickard has written a revolutionary new paradigm for understanding addiction. Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively? W…
February 23, 2026
The Work of Disaster
The Work of Disaster: Crisis and Care Along a Himalayan Fault Line (U Chicago Press, 2025) is a compelling portrait of post-disaster imaginaries of re…
February 22, 2026
Spoiled
Why is cows' milk, which few nonwhite people can digest, promoted as a science-backed dietary necessity in countries where the majority of the populat…
February 18, 2026
Addiction, Inc
How the war on drugs created the gold standard treatment for addiction--until America's opioid crisis got privatized for profit, to the detriment of p…
February 15, 2026
Settler Colonialism is the Disaster
Settler Colonialism is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (U Illinois Press, 2026) is th…
February 14, 2026
Food Justice Undone
Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their b…
January 29, 2026
Born Sick in the USA
How healthy you are is dependent on where you live. Americans suffer more cancers, heart disease, mental illness, and other chronic diseases than thos…
January 28, 2026
The Dreaded Pox
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, venereal disease, or the 'pox,' was a dreaded diagnosis throughout Europe. Its ghastly marks, along with …
January 27, 2026
Field Guide to Falling Ill
Jonathan Gleason spent ten years writing the ten essays in his debut collection, Field Guide to Falling Ill (Yale UP, 2026). In them, Gleason braids t…
January 24, 2026
Beware Euphoria
George Fisher, the Judge John Crown Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, just released his new book Beware Euphoria: The Moral Roots and Racial My…
January 24, 2026
Invisible Illness
Inspired by her work with long COVID patients, in Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID (U California Press, 2026) medical anthrop…
January 23, 2026
The Coroner's Silence
Each year, police officers kill over 1,000 people they’ve sworn to protect and serve. While some cases, like George Floyd’s and Sandra Bland’s, captur…
January 23, 2026
Art Cure
Is culture good for you? In Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives (Cornerstone Press, 2026) Daisy Fancourt, a Professor of Psychobiology & …
January 23, 2026
Food Justice Undone
Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their b…
January 22, 2026
Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance
Overturning Roe unleashed a wave of urgent threats to abortion and bodily autonomy, fueled by overt white supremacy, racial and anti-immigrant hatred,…