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The Pain Profiteers

Rhoda Feng The American Prospect
Two new books reveal the distortion of the U.S. health care system by financial operators.

What Dinner Will Look Like in the Next 100 Years

Alex Beggs Bon Appetit
According to Amanda Little in The Fate of Food, seeds, farming practices, technology, water, distribution, and behind-the-scenes innovations are going to change the contents of our plates.

How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation

Kiera Butler and Neha Wadekar Mother Jones
Last year, the anti-extremism group Center for Countering Digital Hate found that 65 percent of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and Twitter came from just 12 people, including the activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the natural lifestyle influencer Dr. Joseph Mercola.