Jonathan Eig

A woman holds a birth control pill at her home in Nice, France.

The inside, not-always-ethical story of how ‘The Pill’ was made

Health

Birth control was a major leap forward for gender equality, but developing the pill wasn’t easy at a time when even discussing it was illegal in some states. So Margaret Sanger and the team that created the first birth control pill had to get sneaky to test it out and make sure it was safe.

Jackie Robinson’s Legacy

Sports
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