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Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

Dolen Perkins-Valdez Recommends Books That Spotlight the Colonization and Control of Black Bodies

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez | April 20, 2022

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

Kathryn Harkup on the Many Ways To Live and Die on the Elizabethan Stage

By Kathryn Harkup | April 19, 2022

What Does It Mean to Understand Pain?

What Does It Mean to Understand Pain?

Haider Warraich Considers the Complexity and Meanings of Chronic Pain

By Haider Warraich | April 19, 2022

<em>SEX SEX SEX</em>: Why We’re Not Having It and Why That’s Bad

SEX SEX SEX: Why We’re Not Having It and Why That’s Bad

Christine Emba in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 15, 2022

How a Group of Concerned Citizens Sued the Government For Poisoning Them

How a Group of Concerned Citizens Sued the Government For Poisoning Them

Elena Conis on The Origins of the Fight Against DDT

By Elena Conis | April 15, 2022

Against (the Very Idea of) Procrastination

Against (the Very Idea of) Procrastination

Antonia Pont Really, Truly, Definitely Does Not Like the “P” Word

By Antonia Pont | April 14, 2022

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Chinese writers combat pandemic boredom by remixing Western literary classics.

By Jonny Diamond | April 13, 2022

Why Sex Scenes Are Not Only Feminist, But Necessary

By Elissa Sussman | April 13, 2022

Exposing the COVID Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick

By Keen On | April 13, 2022

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

Is There an Inherent Connection Between Sadness and Art-Making?

From Beethoven to Leonard Cohen, Susan Cain Wonders About Melancholy and Creativity

By Susan Cain | April 7, 2022

How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

Dorothy Roberts on the Policing of Black Families

By Dorothy Roberts | April 7, 2022

Why is Being Single and Child-Free So Threatening to Society?

Why is Being Single and Child-Free So Threatening to Society?

Aimée Lutkin on Letting Go of the Nuclear Family Model

By Aimée Lutkin | March 29, 2022

What a Country’s Demographic Age Can Tell Us About Its Future

What a Country’s Demographic Age Can Tell Us About Its Future

Jennifer D. Sciubba on the Socio-Economic Impact of Aging Populations

By Jennifer D. Sciubba | March 28, 2022

A Los Angeles Funeral Director Reflects on the Pandemic

A Los Angeles Funeral Director Reflects on the Pandemic

Kathy Gilsinan Talks to a "Last Responder"

By Kathy Gilsinan | March 25, 2022

Profile of a Philanderer: What Kind of Man Becomes a Cheating Husband?

On Narcissism, Insecurity, and Other Red Flags

By Anonymous | March 24, 2022

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Teaching Writing to Children with Autism While in the Grip of Anxiety

Sarah Fay on Navigating Not One But Two Entries in the DSM

By Sarah Fay | March 24, 2022

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