Why Are So Many Psychiatric Patients Forcibly Detained and Treated?
Governments and treatment providers don’t want to publicly expose “the dark heart” of our mental health system, experts say
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Siopao Is More than the Sum of Its Parts
Learning to make the ubiquitous Filipino dumpling taught me about my culture and my family
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The Joy, and Science, of Cold-Water Swimming
Depressive moods and menopausal turmoil drove me to a chilly “treatment” before I even knew there was such a thing
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Makeup and Money: The Persuasive Pull of Beauty Influencers
In the world of big cosmetics companies, authenticity has become a currency
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Kill the Travel Bug: The Case for Staying Put
Why we prioritize globe-trotting over all else, even a plague
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Love and Antisemitism in Palm Beach, Florida
As a newlywed, Barbara Amiel desperately wanted to fit in with Conrad Black’s Palm Beach crowd. The only problem? His country club didn’t admit Jews
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Why We’re So Bad at Disaster Planning
Just because we see something coming, that doesn’t mean we can stop it
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Writing in My Father’s Voice
My parents lived through the Partition of India. To tell their stories, I had to put myself in their shoes
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Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal
For hundreds of years, doctors thought nostalgia was a disease. Now, it’s a name for our modern condition
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Can Fiction Truly Capture the Mind of a Tyrant?
Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel tells a timely story about the fall of a strongman dynasty
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