Death 101: Life Lessons from the Country’s Only Degree Devoted to the End
Some first-year arts students are asked to write papers about Plato or Jane Austen; thanatology students need an existential sensibility
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Letters to the Editor: May 2022
On immigration bureaucracy, sexual health, online reputations, and more
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What Is the Point of Cancelling Russian Artists?
Scrapped tours and broken contracts won’t hurt Vladimir Putin
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The Promise of $10 Child Care: Episode 13 of The Deep Dive
What happens when child care becomes a right, like health care in Canada, and what can we learn from countries who have done this before us?
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Early Warning Signals: How Poetry Helps Us Understand Our Impact on Ecology
The environmental crisis is, in part, a crisis of the imagination. Poems can create a new form of knowing
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Escape from Kabul: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
As borders tighten and people find new ways to cross them, the shortest distance between two points is rarely a straight line
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Grief Struck Me Speechless. Learning a New Language Helped Me Open Up
An impulsive decision to take Spanish classes became a turning point after the deaths of loved ones
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Meditations on the COVID-19 Beard: Episode 12 of The Deep Dive
Beard combs, beard oil, and other ways to make the best of your COVID beard
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What Happened to Your Face? A Meditation on the Pandemic Beard
Status symbol, face warmer, or sign of disrepute? Facial hair trends often change alongside historical events
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