Shaheen Pasha explores how the trauma of a loved one’s incarceration unravels her carefully planned-out existence, and sets her on a new, unexpected path to find meaning in the meaningless.
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Sometimes a Coat Is Just a Coat, and Sometimes It Ruins a Kid’s Life
Sixteen-year-old Sanders, an autistic high school student, was put through an extensive “threat assessment” (aka, “We think you might be the next school shooter”).
Take Two $275 Herbal Supplements and Don’t Call Me in the Morning
Looks like you’ve got late-stage Patriarchal Medicine Syndrome. I’m so sorry.
Searching For Mackie
Seven years ago, a young woman from Tache, British Columbia, went out for the evening and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her, and they deserve answers.
We Still Don’t Know How to Navigate the Cultural Legacy of Eugenics
From abortion to immigration, a long-debunked scientific movement still casts long, confusing shadows over our most fraught debates.
The Daughter as Detective
A bibliophile tries to understand her father through his favorite Swedish mystery books.
Stumbling Into Joy
The electric bass chose her, but it took 44 years to heed the call.
A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story
Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.
Autism’s hidden habit
Addicted and autistic? The unexpected biological and psychological commonalities of addiction and autism and some new science which suggests that combination may be more common than you think.
The Organ Transplant Story You Don’t Hear
Ten years ago, James “Bo” Calvert received a transplant to replace his only kidney. Now that kidney is failing.
