Advice Aunt Acid: When Friends Are Depressed Or Disagree
Aunt Acid advises a reader whose friend is struggling with depression, and another who wonders if her political opinions are driving her friends away.
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Health Stump Speech: A Blind Journalist Talks with a Blind Politician
A journalist and a politician discuss the "overcoming adversity" narrative often associated with their blindness.
History Watching Downton Abbey with an Historian: Peace For Our Time
Historian Mo Moulton reflects on war, hoaxes, and the power of secrets, all seen at play in the most recent episode of Downton Abbey.
Television Watching Downton Abbey with an Historian: Movin’ On Up
Historian Mo Moulton considers the ways in which social mobility is addressed and achieved on Downton Abbey.
History Watching Downton Abbey with an Historian: The More Things Change
Mo Moulton's illuminating 'Watching Downton Abbey with an Historian' column returns for the show's final season.
Work & Business On the History of Teaching and the Value of “Women’s Work”
Ilana Teitelman on the history of teaching and the perceived value of "women's work," and how this impacts our education system today.
History Learning from History: Catharsis and Asian American Identity in Allegiance
Elyse Martin on Asian American identity and the lessons of the new musical 'Allegiance.'
Politics A Bollywood Madonna Covers Album and the Sound of Our Reparations
"The West has a storied history of taking from India": Rohin Guha on the legacy of occupation, the co-opting of culture, and Alisha Chinai's 'Madonna.'
