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When it comes to bereavement leave, the U.S. is unspeakably cruel
Julianne Tveten
As of 2012, only 60% of private-sector workers were granted paid bereavement leave
The wages of cruelty: Tormented by impeachment, Trump torments the weakest
Chauncey DeVega
As he feels ever more cornered, the president reveals himself, threatening to intern homeless people in camps
Of Freud, 19th-century therapeutics, and recumbent posture
Nathan Kravis
The use of a couch in psychoanalysis evolved in part from traditions of sanatorium & asylum-based somatic therapies
Greta Thunberg’s radical climate change fairy tale is exactly the story we need
Jennifer Ellen Good
Greta Thunberg dares to tell the world’s leaders that the “fairy tales of eternal economic growth” must end.
The fantasy of opting out
Finn Brunton, Helen Nissenbaum
Those who know about us have power over us. Obfuscation may be our best digital weapon.
How a rural women’s network in sub-Saharan Africa became a model for fighting the climate crisis
Nicole Karlis
The United Nations just awarded the UN Global Climate Action Award to this sub-Saharan women's education NGO
A Brooklyn gentrification soundtrack: Kraz’s “Telescope,” a timely New York story
David Masciotra
Kraz — aka acclaimed songwriter, producer and guitarist Eric Krasno — debuts a new concept album set in Brooklyn
Could climate change fuel the rise of right-wing nationalism?
Joshua Conrad Jackson, Michele Gelfand
When people feel threatened, they’re more receptive to politicians who espouse xenophobic rhetoric.
A political movement for food systems change takes hold in the Midwest
Charlie Mitchell
The People's Forum marked the first of several events aimed at engaging candidates on a range of progressive issues
Now Betsy DeVos is telling colleges what to teach
Terry H. Schwadron
The Education Department takes Duke and UNC to task for a Middle Eastern program that is too nice about Islam
Churches are preaching the Gospel of Lizzo now
Ashlie D. Stevens
"Church with a twerk" hits Sunday morning as pastors take Lizzo's message from the pop charts to the pews
Sexy Colonel Sanders? How the face of KFC became a (kind of weird) sex symbol
Ashlie D. Stevens
Just grab Harlan in the biscuits! "I Love You, Colonel Sanders" is here
Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard and the deadly stigma of mental illness
Emily Rems
Sophia Chang, author and former manager to members of the Wu-Tang Clan, offers her perspective on O.D.B.'s death
Joaquin Phoenix walks off “Joker” interview after question about film inciting violence
Zack Sharf
Phoenix stopped an interview with The Telegraph for an hour after being asked a polarizing question
Republicans return to Congress: More bad faith than ever! Democrats fight back, a little
Sophia Tesfaye
Republicans keep dragging trolls, wackos and conspiracy theorists before hearings. Are Democrats finally fed up?
The radical power of Jharrel Jerome’s “When They See Us” Emmy win
D. Watkins
The actor who portrayed Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay's acclaimed limited series bested major contenders this year
Thank you, “The Sims,” for saving me from “Friends”
Keith A. Spencer
For my sub-generation of millennials, toxic ideas about sex were taught by "Friends" — and undone by "The Sims"
If Terry Gilliam and Franz Kafka teamed up on a video game, this would be it
Matthew Smith
Is "Control," the new game from Remedy Studios, a satirical jab at the gaming industry itself?
Doomed, delusional, divided and corrupt: How the Democratic Party became a haunted house
Andrew O'Hehir
Conflicted about ideology and identity and deeply compromised by history, the Democratic Party is built to lose
How the ‘redistricting’ of the James Beard Awards points to America’s changing food landscape
Ashlie D. Stevens
The “Oscars of food” will now recognize California, Texas and New York as independent categories
Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry
Thomas Maier
For years, these powerful women were the faces of Si Newhouse's media empire, supercharging celebrity culture
Hope, history and common ground: The story of two Yale buildings — and America
Jim Sleeper
Yale renamed a college to escape the ghost of slavery — but also renamed its dining Commons for a billionaire
Trump may get much of the world’s manufacturing out of China, but it won’t be coming back to the US
Marshall Auerback
“Chimerica” is dead — even if Trump’s trade war ends in a draw.
Why millennials and Gen Z love “Friends”
Melanie McFarland
This Gen X sitcom endures because it sells younger fans on the appeal of working through life in second gear
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