Tragedy

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents monitor the scene near the Borderline Bar & Grill, where a mass shooting occurred, on November 8th, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, California.

Griffith's new novel is a thriller that also helps dismantle the idea that disability is necessarily tragic.

New research finds visual artists do not do their best work during periods of bereavement.

A complicated blend of economics, culture, and infrastructure make it hard to find any right way to restore a city after disaster.

Lessons from Chicago and beyond.

Social media networks break news stories and spark revolutions. In the wake of tragedy, they may also help us cope.

Brutalism on screen—and its moral repercussions.

New research suggests we do find humor in tragedy, but only during a specific, limited window of time.

Worries about post-traumatic stress have become a stock part of the media narrative surrounding tragedies like Boston and Newtown. And resilience is supposedly the best we can hope for in the face of adversity. But what if there's a third option? The story of one mass shooting, and the surprising tug of post-traumatic growth.