Maya Kroth

I regularly guest-host the Gist Healthcare Daily, a daily podcast delivering health business and policy news in under 10 minutes.

Two brothers near Sacramento are fighting for compensation for the land they say was taken from their formerly enslaved ancestors during the Gold Rush. Their story got pulled into an even bigger debate happening right now in California. A first-of-its-kind task force is trying to decide: Will the state pay reparations to Black people? And if so, who should get it?

Last year, Intuit—the company that owns the tax prep software TurboTax—reached a settlement with 50 state attorneys general, requiring the company to issue $141 million in refunds to users. The problem? For years, TurboTax has been advertising free filing services but only 2% eligible tax payers actually filed at no cost. And it turns out…that might have been Intuit’s plan the whole time.

Georgia State’s Center for Access to Justice works to ensure that everyone — including the most disenfranchised — receives an equally fair shot in the court of law. Their work has already uncovered significant disparities that left many of the state’s residents vulnerable during the pandemic.

Georgia State’s data-driven approach to leveling the playing field for students from all backgrounds has made the university a national leader in student success initiatives. Now, a new book by a veteran journalist traces the inside story of the university’s efforts and offers a roadmap for how other schools can close the equity gaps in higher education.

Were it not for the poems of John Donne, the humanities may have missed McCarty. When she got to Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, she registered pre-med. Second-semester botany made it painfully clear her passions lay elsewhere. “God rest the soul of that botany professor; it was really, really boring,” she recalls.

For competitive chili cooks, the ultimate accomplishment is taking home first prize at the Original Terlingua International Frank X. Tolbert-Wick Fowler Memorial Championship Chili Cook-off. The Terlingua chili cooks are a tight-knit group. And in 2003, they were suspicious of newcomer Don Eastep. And it turns out, they were right to be.

In 1956, three African American women — Myra Payne Elliott, Barbara Pace Hunt and Iris Mae Welch — sued to desegregate Georgia State and won. Their victory set an important legal precedent that paved the way for the integration of universities in the South. Georgia State, now the nation’s leading institution in conferring degrees to African American students, honors the struggle of these civil rights pioneers.

Darkness can affect us all, and in surprising ways. Science suggests that darkness can do all kinds of things to the human body and brain: It can make us more likely to lie and cheat, make mistakes at work, and even see things we don’t normally see.

When he was growing up in a small fishing village in French Basque Country, Mikel Larregi was obsessed with two things: Basque food and jai alai, the Basque national sport.

Can I water my ficus with White Claw? Everything you need to know about bubbly water and your body.

From Baltimore to Beverly Hills, cases of the most commonly reported STDs have reached an all-time high. And in bathrooms and bedrooms across America, people are responding by dropping their pants, sliding a smartphone down there, and uploading photos of their junk to the internet.

Civil Bikes offers up a tour, a history lesson and conversations about race and belonging.

Reaching the high point in every state makes you a legend. Some states are easier than others.

She'd dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since eighth grade. But when doctoral student and mother India Jackson won a prized internship at NASA, she couldn't afford the move to Houston. Then the world came to her aid.