The Implicit Racism in Magazines
There’s an underlying bias against people of color in national magazines aimed at a female readership. By Tom…
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The Battle for the Great Apes: Inside the Fight for Non-Human Rights
With several incremental victories behind them, animal-rights advocates are making their biggest push yet: to expand the definition of a person.
There’s a Name for Why Your Video Game Character’s Looks Can Affect Your Actions
And it’s called the Proteus effect, named for the shape-shifting Greek god. By Peter C. Baker (Illustration: Jason Solo)…
Shelf Help: ‘Future Sex’
Re-evaluating our assumptions about sex and partnership. By Peter C. Baker Future Sex. (Photo: Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Future…
How One Organization Is Using Google Maps to Save History in the Middle East
The Diarna Project is a geo-museum that merges maps, photographs, research, and oral histories to preserve the present and bring the past back to life.
Subculture: Street Ambassador
The latest in a series of miniature portraits of life on the fringes. As Told to Elena Gooray…
Field Notes: San Salvador, El Salvador
An anti-gang intervention police unit stops and searches a group of young men for weapons in a neighborhood…
Since We Last Spoke: Killer Mosquitoes
New twists on past stories. By Madeleine Thomas A biologist releases genetically modified mosquitoes in Piracicaba, Brazil. (Photos:…
The Power of Possessions: Does Being Surrounded by Stuff Make Us Happy?
Here’s what the science says. By Elena Gooray Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in our November/December 2016…
The Ministers of Minimalism and the Allure of Owning Absolutely Nothing
How a small group of optimists is revolutionizing consumer choice.