Showing results for: mental illness (page 42)
The movement’s fakers: Anti-abortion’s favorite propaganda techniques, debunked
Valerie Tarico
Prolife leaders trying to convince the world that they are actually pro-woman have failed
The American solution: Arresting people is the U.S. take on justice
Rebecca Gordon
Perhaps it's time to change how Americans want justice distributed
Why I stopped dating the cop: Colin Kaepernick’s protest, the “liberal media” and the bunker mentality of police culture
Cyan James
I thought we could bridge our differences, but the little red flags got bigger and brighter
Why are cops OK with killing black people? Because American history teaches that we aren’t fully human
D. Watkins
Cops dehumanize African Americans in order to administer an oppressive system — and that makes it easy to kill us
Do you suffer from Election Stress Disorder? Your campaign obsession is part of a psychological epidemic — and it may be hurting your health
Laura Bolt
Political anxiety and fear used to be a health problem only in the developing world — now it's rampant in the U.S.
You too might know a “Loner”: Why Teddy Wayne’s Harvard-set novel should be required reading this year
JoAnna Novak
In this campus narrative of obsession and dysfunction, the reader is invited into a dangerous misfit's mind
Tom Hanks isn’t “Everyman”: Hollywood’s hollow hero narrative prizes stories like “Sully” above others
Nico Lang
“Sully” shows the lengths the film industry will go to turn a decent straight white man with a story into a saint
We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People: How to save democracy in America
Bill Moyers
Today money has become the great unequalizer, the usurper of our democratic soul
Muslim recruit called a “terrorist” and hazed commits suicide, now up to 20 Marines face discipline
Sophia Tesfaye
The Marine Corps acknowledged 20-year-old Raheel Siddiqui's abuse at Parris Island as a scandal unfolds
Bruce Springsteen opens up about clinical depression: “You don’t know the illness’ parameters”
Brendan Gauthier
Springsteen details his family's history of mental illness in Vanity Fair and previews his forthcoming memoir
100 percent bananas? Meet the fruitarians, who believe we can live on raw fruit alone
Laura Bolt
Followers of fruitarianism believe the key to health is a diet that's almost entirely fruit. Some nuts allowed.
“You’re the Worst” returns at its best: Finding comedy in depression and the rocky road to wellness
Melanie McFarland
Nothing makes us feel better than watching characters who have made more of a mess of their lives than we have
Private prisons are not the problem: Why mass incarceration is the real issue
Daniel Denvir
Yes, the "prison-industrial complex" is bad -- but the real problem is that too many people are in prison
In search of Christine Chubbuck: The mystery of TV’s first on-air suicide
Andrew O'Hehir
Documentary meets thriller in a fascinating inquiry into the Sarasota newswoman who shot herself on air in 1974
TV finally gets mental illness right — by laughing about it
Mary Elizabeth Williams
If you want a realistic explanation of what an emotional disorder feels like, ask a talking horse
The “gentle giant” explodes: Why the “good kid” media angle is so toxic
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Austin Kelly Harrouff is accused of a cannibalistic murder — and coverage focuses on his "nice guy" reputation
Caught in a bad bromance? We should be encouraging man hugs, not mocking them
Nico Lang
The reaction to a passionate embrace between male Olympic divers illustrates the ongoing stigma of male intimacy
An abuser’s best weapon: The murder that wiped out a Pa. family is a reminder that guns are too easy to get
Amanda Marcotte
The NRA wants you to believe guns prevent domestic violence — the grim reality is that they make it deadlier
The Salon author questionnaire: “The word ‘nice’ makes me break out in hives”
Teddy Wayne
5 writers open up about their new books: Jennifer Close, Joe McGinnis Jr., Liz Moore, Gina Ochsner, Lara Vapnyar
Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. granted conditional release
Michael Garofalo
Hinckley, 61, will be allowed to live permanently with his mother in Virginia, under a ruling from a federal judge
All hate is not created equal: The folly of perceiving murderers like Dylann Roof, Micah Johnson and Gavin Long as one and the same
Chauncey DeVega
Applying the blanket label of "evil" to mass shooters with vastly different motives obscures more than it reveals
Avoiding the mistakes of conventions past: Can the parties steer clear of these historical pitfalls?
Matthew Rozsa
Nominating conventions have a often been a venue for chaos, incompetence and embarrassment
The mystique of Daniel Johnston: “There’s something ancient in all of this — the notion of the eccentric”
Dan Mistich
Salon talks to Scott McClanahan, author of a new graphic novel about the outsider musician and artist
When cities fail their residents: Why can’t wealthy cities fix the homeless problem?
Steven Rosenfeld
A media project shows all the obstacles even the richest cities have in addressing homelessness
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