A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked:

Maryn’s McKenna at Germination: Zika Virus: A New Threat and a New Kind of Pandemic

Kevin Drum in Mother Jones: My Right to Die: Assisted suicide, my family, and me

Jodi Jacobson at RH Reality Check: Four Facts Nancy Pelosi—and All ‘Pro-Choice’ Democrats—Should Know About Abortion

Sarah Brown in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Many Black Students Don’t Seek Help for Mental-Health Concerns, Survey Finds

David Epstein at ProPublica: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene