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Jeremy Leung

Jeremy Leung is an illustrator and art director based in Brooklyn. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the New York Times, and The Ringer, among others.
A man leaves a fortified prison for darkness and emptiness, a chain still encircling his ankle
Current Affairs / March/April 2022

Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo

February 28, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Jeremy Leung

Exonerated after four years in Guantánamo Bay, Ayoob Mohammed is still unable to join his family in Canada

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Health / June 2021

What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?

May 19, 2021May 5, 2022 - by Jeremy Leung

The human brain, in all its complexity, is nearly impossible to model. One neuroscientist is trying anyway

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Illustration of a prison building, with several women on the roof walking into a light. In the prison windows, behind bars, a couple of people remain.
Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Jeremy Leung

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

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Books / March 2019

The Untapped Promise of LSD

February 15, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Jeremy Leung

Psychedelics are a potential cure for everything from depression to addiction. Why did we ban these drugs in the first place?

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