Engineering the End of Malaria
Intellectual Ventures has put some of the profits from licensing patents into developing breakthrough health-care technologies that nobody else has been able to pursue.
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PS Picks: ‘Sour Heart,’ a Book of Short Stories Exploring Race, Class, and Identity
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
Derailing Stereotypes of Masculinity, Queerness, and Gang Violence
In her new book, Vanessa Panfil offers a detailed and nuanced portrayal of homosexual life among gangs in Ohio.
Musician Jenny Hval on Feminism and the Body as a Political Space
We spoke to Jenny Hval about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.
The New War on Birth Control
How the Christian Right is co-opting the women's rights movement to fight contraceptives in Africa.
PS Picks: ‘Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman,’ a Documentary That Upends Stereotypes
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
What Makes a Community Cry Witch?
As political instability roils the Central African Republic, neighbors are accusing neighbors of practicing the dark arts.
Letter From Dresden, Germany: What It’s Like to Be a Refugee in Germany’s Conservative Stronghold
"There is a TV crew here from Texas called Infowars. They are the good ones—they are for Trump. Be nice to them."
Political Deviance Is Still a Luxury Reserved for Male Candidates
Men are allowed to be mavericks, but women are expected to toe the party line.
The Afterlife of Big Ideas in Education Reform
How one high school—mine—explains why we keep making the same mistakes in our education policy.