A few of the recent pieces I recommend reading:

Amy Goldstein in The Washington Post: An experiment requiring work for food stamps is a Trump administration model

Nathalie Baptiste at Mother Jones: Trump Is Trying to Deport Haitian Immigrants. They’re Fighting Back.

German Lopez at Vox: A big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin works

Cynthia Greenlee at Columbia Journalism Review: Coverage of maternal health threats overlooks black expertise

Vann R. Newkirk II in The Atlantic: How Climate Change Is Challenging American Health Care

Sharon Lerner at The Intercept: PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises, Study Finds