Category: Health
The Brave New World of Mental Health
by Amy Minsky | Mar 8, 2019 | AI, HealthThe patient sits in a worn, upholstered armchair. She’s been having a tough go lately—doubting herself at work, wondering whether her friends truly like her, spending increasing amounts of time in bed, taking fewer showers, and eating less. The thoughts and feelings are familiar to her: she was diagnosed with a mental illness in her […]
Team Trump’s Audacious “Complicity” Claim for Nullifying Abortion Rights
by Dorothy Samuels | Jan 4, 2018 | Health, PoliticsThe first anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency will occasion lots of commentary on his administration’s jarring record—from the narcissist-in-chief’s tweets and glaring disregard for truth to the performance of federal departments and agencies under his crude and corrosive leadership. My aim here is to highlight one egregious sliver of that record that stands out for […]
Opioid Concerns Supplant Hopes for Broader Reform
by Heather Ann Thompson | Dec 26, 2017 | Health, PoliticsThere was a rare moment toward the end of the Obama administration when a bipartisan consensus formed. The issue? The dire need for criminal justice reform in this country. After a generation of harsh policies—more prisons, longer sentences, punitive drug laws—influential Republicans and Democrats alike had begun to concede that the system was a massive, […]
Bad Faith Documentary
