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Can Psychedelics Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Can Psychedelics Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Nearly two-thirds of young adults report having either depression or anxiety. In California, Connecticut, Illinois, and other states, lawmakers are considering their options for ps...

Feb 3, 2023 / StudentNation / Isaac Lozano

Richard Briggs talking at health care task force meeting

Republicans Are Trapped by Their Party’s Anti-Abortion Extremism Republicans Are Trapped by Their Party’s Anti-Abortion Extremism

Riled up anti-choice activists ensure that the fight over abortion will continue to dominate elections.

Jan 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones

Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones Rachel Aviv’s Report From Psychiatry’s Gray Zones

Her debut, Strangers to Ourselves, asks: Who shapes the story of someone's illness?

Dec 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

Nelba Marquez-Greene

“I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook “I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook

Joan Walsh spoke with Nelba Márquez-Greene, mother of slain student Ana, about the extraordinary depths of grief, love, and bravery Sandy Hook families have summoned in the decade ...

Dec 13, 2022 / Q&A / Joan Walsh

Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?

Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum? Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?

Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the car...

Dec 7, 2022 / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant

Finding Hope Through Ketamine Therapy

Finding Hope Through Ketamine Therapy Finding Hope Through Ketamine Therapy

Ellen Meyers has lived with the consuming grief of losing her only child for more than a decade. Ketamine therapy is helping her find some peace at last.

Nov 2, 2022 / Ellen Meyers

Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics Meet the California State Senator Who Wants to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Can Scott Wiener convince the state that his bill will reduce the “sheer misery” drug use is causing now?

Nov 1, 2022 / Feature / John Semley

The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works

The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works

A shorter week allows workers to better take care of themselves without sacrificing productivity.

Oct 28, 2022 / Bryce Covert

Indiana University professor Ross Gay

Ross Gay on the Labor of “Inciting Joy” Ross Gay on the Labor of “Inciting Joy”

A conversation with the poet Ross Gay about Inciting Joy, an exploration of joy as a critical emotion that “gets us to love, as a practice of survival."

Oct 25, 2022 / Q&A / Sara Franklin

I Wanted a Boyfriend. My Life Coach Told Me to Become a Commodity.

I Wanted a Boyfriend. My Life Coach Told Me to Become a Commodity. I Wanted a Boyfriend. My Life Coach Told Me to Become a Commodity.

Life coaching offered the energy and promise I was looking for—until I learned what it wanted from me in return. 

Oct 24, 2022 / Feature / Geoffrey Mak

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