They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.
Jade Dass thought she’d done the hard part: She’d kicked an opioid habit, thanks in part to a prescribed drug called Suboxone, which prevents withdrawal. When she got pregnant, it felt like the...
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A Medical Nightmare
Rae Nudson | The Atavist Magazine |December 2023 | 1,950 words (7 minutes) This is an excerpt from issue no. 146, “Damages.” 1. *Asterisks denote pseudonyms. Debra* had hoped that her medical...
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For New York, Tom Scocca chronicles his long descent into a mysterious ailment—or set of ailments—that made an already bad year much, much worse. He does so with grace and humor, but that doesn’t...
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The Women at the Cutting Edge of Butchery
This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Olivia Potts | Longreads | February 8, 2024 | 25 minutes (7,145 words) I am standing in the middle of a large,...
View ArticleDeath and the Salesmen
It’s taken a long time for Toronto officials to recognize a crisis: the city is running out of land to bury its dead. For The Local, Inori Roy reports on the monopolization and “McDonald’s-ization” of...
View ArticleThe Long Haul
In early 2020, at the start of the pandemic, people were bound by togetherness. We’ll get through these tough times. We’ll protect our vulnerable. But the world moved on. In this beautiful, reflective...
View ArticleHow the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against Baby Formula Regulation
In 2017, Thailand tried to stop the aggressive advertising for baby formulas and toddler milks, as officials wanted to instead encourage breastfeeding. But with the help of the US government, formula...
View ArticleThe Children Who Lost Limbs In Gaza
More than a thousand children injured in Israel’s brutal bombardment of Gaza are now amputees. What do their futures hold? In a heartbreaking dispatch, Eliza Griswold meets some of the children and...
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Colleges and graduate schools. Creative industries. Wall Street. Silicon Valley. Adderall is everywhere*, prescribed and taken by millions of people—some of them the thinkers who have advanced modern...
View ArticleAndrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control
Andrew Huberman is one of the most successful podcasters in the world. The Stanford neuroscientist claims that he’s helping people live better lives by giving them tools to improve their health. But...
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