Shelf Help: ‘Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide’
We’ve long known that areas where inequality is highest have the worst homicide rates. Martin Daly makes the…
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The Only Good Tarzan Is a Bad Tarzan
Nobody wants The Legend of Tarzan—perhaps because Americans aren’t ready for a Tarzan with woke politics. By Aaron…
Don’t Look to the Movies to Learn About Disability
The next time you meet a disabled person, throw the films you’ve watched about them out the window…
A Literary Festival in the Shadow of Genocide
Can a polite little arts event help re-unify Sri Lankan culture? By Melissa Petro (Photo: Melissa Petro) “Galle is…
Why Has It Taken the Menstrual Cup So Long to Go Mainstream?
Its long, sputtering history tells us that we change what we use only after we change how we think.
Elie Wiesel and the Unbearable Heaviness of History
How the Holocaust survivor and beloved author of Night challenged the way students think about history.
Think You’re in Control of Your Thoughts? That’s Adorable
In his new book, Jonah Berger argues that humans are far more deeply influenced by other people than…
How American Are ‘The Americans’?
They're Soviet spies—but parenthood has turned Philip and Elizabeth Jennings into Americans.
All Bite and No Bark: The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival Turns a Mirror on Western Meat Eaters
It’s hard to condemn China’s popular dog meat festival when we have so many of our own animal-based…
Our Memories Are Deeply Flawed, and We’ll Be Happier If We Accept It
Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw’s first book reminds us that we can’t always trust our memories. By Ed Cara…