Showing results for: mental illness (page 48)
“I executed 62 people. I’m sorry”: An executioner turned death-penalty opponent tells all
Selene Nelson
"Three hours away from being executed and he’s putting his sundae away for tomorrow. There was no tomorrow"
People die because of this man: The real reason we never get gun control, no matter how many people get gunned down
Peter Dreier
Wayne LaPierre is the NRA's hit man -- and his target is any sensible gun control, no matter the death toll
Donald Trump’s cold-blooded “genius”: How fatalism on gun violence plays right into the NRA’s hands
Bob Cesca
One-upping Jeb "Stuff Happens" Bush, vile front-runner calls mass murderers "geniuses" who'll kill no matter what
Larry Wilmore crushes Trump’s plan to arm teachers: “Let’s not elect a guy who’s getting his policy ideas from the movie ‘Kindergarten Cop'”
Sarah Burris
Wilmore breaks down the 5-step plan America has to avoid talking about gun control after a mass murder
John Oliver takes apart GOP’s odious “mental health” cop-out
Sarah Burris
"The vast majority of mentally ill people are non-violent," Oliver says. And yet they're the GOP's scapegoat
It’s not just about guns: What the gun control debate exposes — and threatens — in our toxic white male culture of violence
Paula Young Lee
America loves its firearms—but they're just the tip of the dysfunctional iceberg
The 10 most egregious U.S. abuses of psychology and psychiatry
Bruce E. Levine
From Project MKUltra to the CIA's torture program, mental health professionals in the US have some explaining to do
Hillary’s Taylor Swift problem: What the fight over “authenticity” — in politics and in pop — is really about
Annie Zaleski
Are scrappy individuals — like Ryan Adams and Bernie Sanders — inherently better than machine-backed players?
“Serial” may investigate Bowe Bergdahl next: Here are 6 huge questions we hope Sarah Koenig will be able to answer
Anna Silman
Sources say "Serial" may work with "Zero Dark Thirty" writer Mark Boal on the former POW's case
Barack Obama just gave the most important racial justice speech of his presidency. Here’s why
Brittney Cooper
Over the weekend, the president gave an unprecedented speech addressing the plight of black women
“We’re still dealing with autism like it’s this wacky historical aberration”: Steve Silberman on the truth about autism
Michael Schulson
"Autistic people have always been here in large numbers," says the author of "Neurotribes," "and they need help"
The Cold War is back — and it never went away: Bobby Fischer’s tragedy and the conflict that ate America’s soul
Andrew O'Hehir
America's greatest chess player was completely nuts -- but the rest of us were infected by Cold War madness too
The sisters who spoke to spirits: How two mischievous girls gave birth to a religion
Ada Calhoun
The Fox girls were a 19th century phenomenon -- and their fame may have been predicated on a childhood prank
In defense of loneliness
Tal Abbady
Medical research suggests the outlook is grim for the chronically lonely. I can't imagine living any other way
If “pro-lifers” wanted to end abortion — rather than control sex — their tactics would be radically different
Valerie Tarico
Cut abortions by 90 percent in 20 years? Yes -- but not the way antiabortion activists think
Insane or Inspired: John Nash
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Fall TV Preview: Mondays bring the return of Minnesota gothic, the debut of “Supergirl” and a singing, dancing, musical comedy
Sonia Saraiya
Here’s what to watch this season, including a "female Jason Bourne" and a Dianne Wiest family sitcom
Jimmy Carter got it right: Race, Ronald Reagan, and how the right gutted his visionary electoral reform
Rick Perlstein
When Carter was correct, he nailed it. When the right is wrong, they stay wrong -- forever
4 reasons the Christian right’s claims of moral superiority are so absurd
Valerie Tarico
Evangelicals are constantly bellowing about America's moral decay. They could stand to take a look in the mirror
Black America’s “gaslight” nightmare: The psychological warfare being waged against Black Lives Matter
Brittney Cooper
Black Lives Matter has been demonized following the unrelated murder of a police officer. Here's why
Insane or Inspired: Winston Churchill
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Watch the 2016 presidential candidates fumble around the issue of gun control: “The heart of the matter is not guns, the heart of the matter is the heart”
Asha Parker
Take a look at how the 2016 presidential candidates have responded to mass shootings over the last few years
5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Peggy Noonan makes a Dominican friend
Janet Allon
The WSJ columnist shares a bizarre deli anecdote, while Bill O'Reilly performs new feats of mental gymnastics
“We’re now back to being at least as polarized as ever”: Why the gun control tipping point hasn’t happened yet
Scott Timberg
A cognitive psychologist talks about why changing minds on guns, even after public shootings, is so hard
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