‘Medical Symptoms That Medicine Can’t Hear’: A Conversation With Maya Dusenbery
In her new book, Dusenbery provides a comprehensive and much-needed look at how sexism in the medical field is hurting women.
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Are Cheap Goods Possible Without Mass Human Suffering?
Joshua B. Freeman uses the history of the factory as a way to re-examine how workers are treated worldwide.
‘I Hope That People Choose Empathy’: A Conversation With Atia Abawi
The journalist and novelist discusses her new novel about a Syrian refugee—and the power and reach of the young adult genre.
Why Facile Histories of Civil Rights Are So Dangerous
The historian debunks myths around civil rights history and makes the case for why a more honest history is key to moving forward.
‘The Future Is Happening Right Now’: An Interview With Jeff VanderMeer
The fiction writer and environmental advocate on what we can do to protect a world we seem bent on destroying.
‘Black Women Need to Be Recognized for the Work They Do’: A Conversation With Ijeoma Oluo
The writer discusses her new book, and what all of us can do to combat racism
How Will Publishing Deal With Lemony Snicket Amid #MeToo?
Numerous authors and librarians allege a pattern of sexually humiliating comments.
PS Picks: Katie Watson’s ‘Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion’
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.
The Radical Compassion of Frederick Douglass
Setting the record straight on the abolitionist's 200th birthday.
‘The Privilege to Be Ambivalent’: A Conversation With Laura Smith
The author of The Art of Vanishing discusses literary mysteries, monogamy, and the future of #MeToo.