Reducing Opioid Deaths Is Possible When State and Federal Levels Align
Legalizing drug testing equipment at both the federal and state level could be a tangible step toward reducing opioid overdose deaths.
Opinion
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Three Looming Executive Branch Threats to Science for the Public Good and the Public’s Health
All are in play — and none are facts foretold.
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How To Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World
I grew up in the kind of place where government cheese was baked onto rectangular pizzas, and every talent show included a Dolly. The singer still informs my work in global health: Even those who have no money can be as rich as they could be.
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The U.S. Needs Migrant Labor to Maintain the Country’s Food Supply
After months of ICE raids, upcoming bills demonstrate bipartisan efforts to recognize the importance of undocumented farmworkers.
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The Prescription Washington Can’t Fill
The buprenorphine bottleneck in Washington, D.C.’s opioid crisis is not the supply. It is everything standing between the shelf and the person.
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Our Bodies Are Not Machines
Organisms are less like optimized Swiss watches and more like a messy collection of political factions.
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Adult Literacy Is Mysteriously Declining Across Many High-Income Countries
COVID and smartphones alone cannot explain the decline. One thing we do know: both young and old need to retain the ability to gather and process information.
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Science Doesn’t Need Better Journals. It Needs Better Incentives.
Journal prestige shapes what science gets done, how fast it moves, and whose work gets seen. Pushing institutions to engage in open science can make the system more equitable.
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Social Science Is a Good Investment in Future Innovation
To make progress in artificial intelligence, biotech, and medicine, we need to understand the social forces that make talented thinkers flourish.
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The Authoritarian Lasso of Digital Surveillance in Rwanda
The authoritarian lasso is a new phenomenon that uses modern digital technologies to blur the boundaries between domestic and international space.