The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy
Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?
Apr 9, 2025 / Feature / Jess McAllen
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again
Public health funding cuts are risking the progress the nation has made in fighting and preventing many forms of the dreaded disease. But few people know it yet.
Apr 9, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl” Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl”
Days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds of young anti-abortion activists gathered at Georgetown University for the annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference.
Mar 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Katherine Wilkison
The World’s Top Medical Journal Is Giving Cover to Genocide The World’s Top Medical Journal Is Giving Cover to Genocide
The New England Journal of Medicine has finally broken its silence on Gaza, only to obscure the truth of an American-backed Israeli genocide unfolding in real time.
Mar 26, 2025 / Mary Turfah and Eric Reinhart
These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets
Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.
Mar 26, 2025 / Chuck Collins
At This Point, Silicon Valley Militarists Aren’t Just Greedy—They’re Bloodthirsty At This Point, Silicon Valley Militarists Aren’t Just Greedy—They’re Bloodthirsty
By all means, let’s unite around a common purpose. But that purpose shouldn’t be a supposedly more efficient way to build killing machines.
Mar 21, 2025 / William D. Hartung
Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy
The racist tinge to Elon Musk’s hacking of the government eerily reflects cyberpunk's vision of the future—especially the science fiction coming out of South Africa.
Mar 19, 2025 / Juan Cole
Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy
Our last best hope for sharing, shaping, and wrangling over independent ideas may turn out to be America’s scrappy and disparate arts spaces—if they can hang on financially.
Mar 18, 2025 / Alisa Solomon