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February 3, 2017
Donald Trump’s Power Is Scary, Not His Mental Health
Psychiatrists are speaking out to warn of the dangers of Trump’s instability, but politicizing mental health is a mistake.
Miriam Markowitz
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November 2, 2016
Freud’s Discontents
Why did one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers fade from significance?
Samuel Moyn
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August 16, 2016
If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator
In this age of racial profiling, mandatory sentencing, and execution-by-cop, defending people is nearly impossible.
Judith Coburn
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October 15, 2015
It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place
The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.
Benjamin Ryan
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 1856: Sigmund Freud Is Born
“One cannot close this book without a sense of depression,” The Nation’s reviewer said of Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams.
Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
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July 2, 2014
The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal
Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous—but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.
Lee Fang
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August 7, 2012
Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil
Twenty-two “authors” of a fradulent article ghost-written by Glaxo won't feel the heat.
Jon Wiener
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June 28, 2012
What Has Really Happened to America’s Soldiers
If US troops find themselves morally injured, shouldn’t we ask: Who put them in the position to suffer such wounds in the first place?
Nan Levinson
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December 18, 2003
Trouble in Prozac Nation
Correction: Editorial tightening created the impression that two drug studies, by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, were one study by Pfizer. We regret the error.
Richard DeGrandpre