Crossing borders

Pushing the boundaries of documentary

This Is What It Takes To Feel Normal

Content note: This piece talks about mental illness, eating disorders, suicidal ideations, and…

For Aleppo

I imagined the last thing I ever said
Would be sage advice
To my grandchildren
or
A Blessing
or
Something flippant or funny or sweet
A very long time from now,
And the air would smell like oranges,
And I imagined I would be very old, maybe,
And fat and full of stories,
And that my husband would have loved my…

Pop Music is Forever

A Philosophical Defense of Pop Music

I’mma get your heart racing…

How three editorial cartoonists took on 2016

It was a strange year for the world, but a great year for…

Our Best Guesses For What the Frig the Electoral College Is And Does

by Blythe Roberson and Jason…

And so they will decide

Tomorrow, 538 electors will cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States. If all goes as the pundits promise, Donald Trump will receive the 270 electoral votes that he needs to become our next President.

Midwifery, Then and Now

This article is part of a five-part series on childbirth in antiquity

A Brief History of the First Russo-American Cyberwar

How Obama lost — and Putin won

The Inescapable Sadness Of Christmas Music

And how it paradoxically makes us happy.