More Than Just the Numbers
When we treat people as collections of statistics, we ignore important aspects of their humanity.
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Books
19 posts
A Safe Haven for Whom?
Advocates argue that safe haven laws prevent mothers from abandoning their newborns, but the policy abandons mothers upon dropoff.
Give Me That Old-Time Religion
From ISIS to the Christian right, three new books explore the modern urge to go back to an original, uncorrupted version of faith.
The Tribal Rites of Motherhood on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
Wednesday Martin channels Jane Goodall as she attempts to gain access to a very select group.
What Was Famine?
The political economy of mass starvation, and why it is largely a thing of the past.
The Dangers of Spiritual Amateurism in America
Much of the forbidden, obscure, and esoteric knowledge that once made Buddhism and other religions difficult to study has now become accessible—with potentially dangerous results.
The Enigma of Survival
How does one tell the untraumatized majority about the conditions that constitute the underworld of trauma?