Free speech advocate Greg Lukianoff believes universities are coddling students in the name of emotional well-being, with damaging effects to students' mental health.More
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For most of her life Debby Irving was largely unaware of race. Then, when she was in her 40s, she enrolled in a course on race and cultural identity, and overnight became hyperaware of the privileges she'd been afforded throughout her life as a result of her white skin color.More
Philosopher Naomi Zack believes that if your goal is to fight racism, a good first step is to stop talking about your own privilege. She says we should instead focus the conversation on violations of rights. More
Going blind in one eye would unnerve anyone. And for a photographer, it’s especially upsetting. But Teju Cole found that his big blind spot syndrome taught him a new way to look at the world — and actually changed his photography.More
Where do you turn to for inspiration on how to live a meaningful life? Religion? Family? Great books? Poet David Whyte finds inspiration...More
Writer David Morris explains why "Solo Faces" by James Salter is one of his favorite books.More
Psychiatrist Michael Bennett and his daughter, comedy writer Sarah Bennett, say it's time we stopped thinking about our feelings and instead focused on our actions.More
After suffering a terrible concussion, game designer Jane McGonigal created a game to help her feel better. In the years since, it's helped nearly half a million other people overcome depression, anxiety and other mood disorders.More
Music journalist Charles R. Cross shares one of his favorite forgotten bands: The Sonics.
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Charles R. Cross on the Young Fresh Fellows album “The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.”More
Biographer Laura Dassow Walls on how author Henry David Thoreau offers a timeless model of disruptive social criticism.More
Some trips are more about psychic distance, like that of novelist Sherman Alexie. He's spent his whole life shuttling across cultural divides.More
Manal al-Sharif on how the most transgressive thing a Saudi woman could do was learn to drive.More
Lawrence Ross delved into the "Green Book," a 1957 handbook to help black motorists find safe stops along the highway, and used it to shape a contemporary road trip that celebrated black history, culture, and business.More
Journalism professor David Dennis on how popular conspiracy theories in the black community find their roots in abuses that actually happened.More
2016 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s beloved National Park system. I could think of no one better to reflect on the importance...More
This interview was recorded near the end of the presidential race when everyone and their brother was trying to figure out what was...More
This story quite literally hit close to home for me. I grew up just about an hour away from the suburb it takes place in, and until...More