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The Mysterious Eugenics of Aesthetic Taste

By Michael Rossi, The Los Angeles Review of Books | 01.11.2026

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Arts & Culture

The mirage of AI deregulation

By Alondra Nelson, Science | 01.15.2026

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

Global Governance

More and “Better” Babies: The Dark Side of the Pronatalist Movement

By Daphne O. Martschenko and Julia E. H. Brown, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 01.14.2026

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

Genetic Selection

Bay Area Startups Want to Make Genetically Engineered Babies. What Could Go Wrong?

By Grace Won, KQED Forum [with CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.02.2025

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

Genetic Selection

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Medical Education and the Harm of ‘Goodly Heritage’

By Daniel Martinez HoSang, Marco Antonio Ramos, and Alana Slavin, Los Angeles Review of Books | 02.08.2026

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U.S. States

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TrumpRx claims to offer the lowest prices. But many drugs have cheaper generics

By John Wilkerson, J. Emory Parker, Chelsea Cirruzzo, Elaine Chen, and Daniel Payne, STAT | 02.06.2026

WASHINGTON — President Trump said his administration’s new TrumpRx website will offer the cheapest prices in the world for 43...

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NM memorial calling for study of forced sterilization against women of color advances

By Leah Romero, SourceNM | 02.06.2026

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He Built a Server to Protect Indigenous Health Data

By Katrina Miller, The New York TImes | 02.05.2026

Joseph Yracheta: The Native Biodata Consortium is the first nonprofit data and sample repository within the geographic bounds and legal...

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Subsidising Birth: Pronatalist Policy and the Rise of Assisted Reproductive Technologies

By Pei-Chieh Hsu, Taiwan Insight | 02.02.2026

Across the globe, the reliance on assisted reproductive technology (ART) to reproduce is growing. In 2019, the International Committee for...

Policies

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The EPA just erased a century of public health progress

By Michelle A. Williams, Stat | 02.02.2026

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What is the value of a human life? According to the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency...

Biopolitics

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Why these women break the law to sell their eggs for IVF

By Diaa Hadid and Shweta Desai, NPR | 01.29.2026

MUMBRA, India — The afternoon sun shines on the woman in a commuter-town café, highlighting her almond-shaped eyes and pale...

Assisted Reproduction

It’s Time to Safeguard Genomic Data

By Lauren Hammer Breslow and Vanessa Smith, Bill of Health | 01.28.2026

On Jan. 24, 2026, the New York Times reported that DNA sequences contributed by children and families to support...

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