The Emotional Toll of Abortion

Novelist Erica Jong supports abortion but is candid about its emotional toll. The author of provocative, sexual novels writes that abortion, for her, ...

Waiting Outside an Abortion Clinic Was Worth It

For ten years, once a week, I waited outside abortion clinics, offering help to the women and men going in and coming out. Most of the hours I spent outside ...

Live Streaming Platforms See Massive Increase

According to a new report, during the Coronavirus lockdown audiences watched 7.46 billion hours of live-streamed content just in the third quarter of ...

So Much Time Talking ... But Never Communicating

Rhea Zakich was forced not to speak for months after her doctor found polyps on her vocal cords. Although they were removed and she made a full recovery, ...

The App That Reminds You You’re Going to Die

Believe it or not, a large number of people have chosen to be reminded five times a day via a smartphone app that they are going to die. The app, called ...

University Launches Campaign to Battle Disinformation

Two Clemson University researchers have extensively studied the phenomenon of foreign political disinformation campaigns via social media. To combat this ...

A Tale of Two Families, Two Racisms

Sarah Friedmann writes in “Trailblazers”:

In 1957, my parents moved into Levittown, Pennsylvania. It was a brand-new suburban community and ...

Conspiracy Troll Fools Media with Fake FBI Raid

A media provocateur known for spreading outlandish lies recently reported that his friend’s home was raided by the FBI. The seriousness of his claim, ...

Escaping the Cult of Productivity

Nina Rudnick directs a non-profit that used to have her constantly immersed in her work. On a typical day, she’ll herd her 3-year-old son out of ...

The Sum of Human Knowledge Would Fit into Your Local Walmart

When we compare the sum of human knowledge today with what it was just 100 years ago, we are sometimes tempted to think ourselves advanced. Collectively, ...