Emily Vaughn

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Opioid Addiction In Jails: An Anthropologist’s Perspective

In Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis, a Rikers Island doctor says drug treatment in U.S. jails and prisons is often shaped by societal prejudice, not science.

PHOTOS: Why Lynsey Addario Has Spent 10 Years Covering Maternal Mortality

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, known for her work in war zones, turns to a topic that is often shied away from: the risks women face when giving birth.