The Fifth Branch

The Fifth Branch is a special series by Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project that examines what it looks like when one community dramatically changes how it responds to people in crisis.

Racial Bias in Health Care AI

Tradeoffs talks to experts to unpack why hospitals are excited about AI, why it’s so hard to root out bias, and how hospitals and federal regulators are trying to keep biased algorithms from getting to the bedside.

Answering the Call

Our special series “Answering the Call,” explores the challenges and opportunities behind launching a brand new mental health crisis line.

The Aducanumab Aftermath

The costly new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab could have such a significant impact on so many facets of the U.S. health care system that we are dedicating a four-part series to it.

All the President’s … Health Policies

We talked with dozens of experts from across the ideological spectrum to understand the candidates’ goals, the major policies they’ve enacted or plan to pursue, and the impacts of those policies.