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They Had the Drug. They Had the Test. The Babies Still Died.
Congenital syphilis was nearly gone. Then we dismantled everything that made that possible.
Aug 6
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Child Marriage Is Child Rape. Why Has It Been Normalized?
On one occasion in Khost, Afghanistan, several years ago, I sat on the floor sipping tea with brave-faced older women and widows who spoke passionately…
Aug 3
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The Body Count Behind the Victory Lap: America's Shadow War in Nigeria
The United States Africa Command announced that more than 200 terrorists had been killed in coordinated operations with Nigerian forces against Islamic…
Aug 1
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July 2026
The Birth Crisis No One in Washington Will Fix
How a broken legal system is driving obstetricians out of the delivery room — and leaving millions of American women with nowhere to give birth
Jul 28
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The Innocuous Chemicals That Could Kill Your Baby
The shower curtain hanging in your bathroom.
Jul 26
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The Baby Formula Wars: When Science, Law, and Grief Collide
Four mothers in Illinois watched their premature newborns get wheeled into the NICU.
Jul 22
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Looking for the Lost
Ukraine March, 2022
Jul 20
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What No Amount of Field Reporting Prepared Me For: The Miracle of Life, Birthing my Second Child
Last weekend, the night before I went into labor with my second child, I woke suddenly in a cold sweat, recalling the nights I had stood amid the…
Jul 17
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Watching K-Pop Can Get You Killed in North Korea — and It’s About to Get Worse
The execution was carried out at a mine.
Jul 15
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She Stood at the White House Advocating for Girls. She Won't Say FGM Is Harmful.
Female genital mutilation is not a single procedure.
Jul 13
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Every International Force Has Failed Haiti. Now the UN Has Sent Another One.
A Mongolian general touched down in Port-au-Prince in May to take command of the latest foreign-led security mission, arriving with a mandate to fix…
Jul 9
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AIDS for Minerals: How Washington Turned a Lifeline Into Leverage
The deadline came and went.
Jul 7
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