A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class A Last Gift of Love: One Way to Switzerland, Business Class
In America, we allow our pets more dignity in death than we allow people.
Mar 25, 2022 / Jack Willis and Mary Pleshette Willis
Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head Meet the Countess With a Hole in Her Head
Amanda Feilding may be an eccentric British aristocrat. But she deserves full credit for funding significant research into psychedelics long before it was either cool or respectabl...
Mar 24, 2022 / Zoe Cormier
Reefer Reparations in the New New Amsterdam Reefer Reparations in the New New Amsterdam
Marijuana legalization in California saw the market dominated by corporations and bureaucracy. New York State’s focus on equity offers the possibility of another way.
Mar 24, 2022 / Tom Gogola
The Dark History of Colonia Dignidad The Dark History of Colonia Dignidad
The Netflix series A Sinister Sect examines not only the history of a German community led by a Nazi in Chile but also the relationship between Latin American governments and ...
Mar 24, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
The Patience “Euphoria” Demands The Patience “Euphoria” Demands
While the HBO show is polarizing and easy to critique, it still manages to expand the genre of teen drama.
Mar 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Secret Black History of LSD The Secret Black History of LSD
Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such dru...
Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Kali Holloway
The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine The War of Words Between Between “Rashka” and Ukraine
On the culture front between “Rashka” and Ukraine.
Mar 17, 2022 / Benjamin Moser
Volodymyr Zelensky Is Not a Comedian—and That’s No Joke Volodymyr Zelensky Is Not a Comedian—and That’s No Joke
A belated review of Servant of the People that may turn into an obituary.
Mar 16, 2022 / Barbara Garson
What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski’s violence—reexamined in a new biopic—fascinates US audiences, but not for the reasons we think.
Mar 15, 2022 / R.H. Lossin
Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World
There’s been a surge of interest in the 78-year-old artist’s work, but art institutions remain overwhelmingly white and male.
Mar 15, 2022 / Alana Pockros