Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon Fight Clubs: On Napoleon Chagnon
One anthropologist’s place in his field’s ongoing battle over questions of power, means and ends.
May 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker
On “Madness in the Method” from April 22.
May 15, 2013 / Our Readers and Miriam Markowitz
Adventures in Neurohumanities Adventures in Neurohumanities
Applying neuroscience to the study of literature is fashionable. But is it the best way to read a novel?
May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alissa Quart
You Are a Guinea Pig You Are a Guinea Pig
How Americans unwittingly entered—and become exposed to biohazards in—the greatest uncontrolled experiment ever launched.
Apr 29, 2013 / David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz
A Pill for Equal Abortion Access A Pill for Equal Abortion Access
The US can learn a lot from Australia’s new medical abortion policy.
Apr 26, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better? Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better?
GoFundMe donations are a good Band-Aid for a bad system, but can’t we harness America’s generosity in service of better social programs?
Apr 26, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Fat-Shaming All Around Us Fat-Shaming All Around Us
There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.
Apr 25, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty
Rooting out "thinspiration" in social media is a start, but we must not turn "thinspo" into a scapegoat.
Apr 23, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court Ending Prostitution ‘Central’ to Ending AIDS, US Tells Supreme Court
Will Justices agree that requiring HIV service providers to oppose prostitution is necessary for ending AIDS?
Apr 23, 2013 / Melissa Gira Grant
Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’ Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’
Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz