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Depression Part Two

I remember being endlessly entertained by the adventures of my toys. Some days they died repeated, violent deaths, other days they traveled to space or discussed my swim lessons and how I absolutely…
AUTHOR:Allie
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2013
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1991 words)

Health Care: The New American Sadism

Max Beckmann: Night, 1918 The good man understands what is right, the bad man understands profit.                                          —Confucius You may have already read or heard about Steven…
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1038 words)
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The Best Longreads of 2012

This is my third year compiling the best longreads of the year (see the 2010 best longreads and 2011 best longreads). As usual, I will highlight the top five longreads of 2012: (1)…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (902 words)

Labor, Interrupted

In May 2003 came the joyous birth of Prairie Cummings Resch, first child of Zoe Cummings Resch ’92. All had gone according to plan: Resch lay down on a surgical table. An anesthesiologist…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4303 words)

The Truce On Drugs

Cannabis is a highly persuadable plant. It thrives in Afghanistan; it grows beautifully in Mexico. It can prosper indoors or outdoors, in contained environments or expansive ones. Even on the…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 25, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (800 words)

Live From the Inside: A Radio Show Run by Psychiatric Patients

"Crazy Radio" in Buenos Aires breaks down boundaries between the "interned" and the "externed." A mosaic outside El Borda National Psychiatric Hospital in Buenos Aires (Amelia Borofsky) I used to…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 14, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1770 words)

Cuba

“I want to show you where we’re hiding it,” Eduardo said. Bad idea, I said. Someone will notice the foreigner and wreck the plan. “No, I figured it out,” Eduardo…
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6622 words)

Abraham Lincoln: The Great Campaigner

The latest Lincoln boom—kicking off with the bicentennial of his birth in 2009 and the continuing sesquicentennial of the Civil War—shows no sign of abating. It may not even reach its…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 14, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3383 words)
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Fussbudget

“If you’re going to criticize, you should propose,” Ryan says of his budget plan.
AUTHOR:Ryan Lizza
PUBLISHED: Aug. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (929 words)
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