Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

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Amanda Goodall on the Enduring Value of Experts' Opinions

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Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Allison Yarrow on the Under-Examined Assumption of Cesarean Birth

By Allison Yarrow | July 19, 2023

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

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Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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David Lipsky on the Hucksters, Zealots, and Crackpots Behind Climate Denial

David Lipsky on the Hucksters, Zealots, and Crackpots Behind Climate Denial

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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All Publicity is Good Publicity: How Simple Familiarity Influences Our Decisions

All Publicity is Good Publicity: How Simple Familiarity Influences Our Decisions

Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris on the Power of the Known Quantity

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Ethan Scheiner on the Courageous Czechoslovakian Hockey Team That Beat the Soviets

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Errol Flynn and Harvey Weinstein: Writing About Past Hollywood Abuses in the Midst of #MeToo

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Lindsay Lynch on Writing Historical Fiction to Understand the Present

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The Horrific Human Consequences of Anti-Migration Policies

The Horrific Human Consequences of Anti-Migration Policies

Sally Hayden on the Brutality of Borders

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The Warnings of a Holocaust Scholar about Today’s World of the Big Lie

The Warnings of a Holocaust Scholar about Today’s World of the Big Lie

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On the Rise of Women in Latin America’s Drug Cartels

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