“How Psychedelic Research Got High on Its Own Supply”, The New York Times
By Caty Enders, Sunday Review, August 25, 2024
Things weren’t supposed to go this way. The drug company… Continue reading
“Fact-checking night 4 of the Democratic National Convention”, CNN
CNN — August 23, 2024
For the third straight night, there wasn’t much material to fact check from… Continue reading
“Read Kamala Harris’ full speech from the Democratic National Convention”, ABC News
Vice President Kamala Harris promise to be “a president for all Americans.”
By Leah Sarnoff
August 22, 2024
Issue of the Week: Human Rights
Hadley Duvall, Democratic National Convention, August 20, 2024
Updated: August 22, 2024
After Michelle Obama tore the roof off of… Continue reading
“The Cellist of Auschwitz”, The New Yorker
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is nearly a hundred and has forgotten nothing. In “The Commandant’s Shadow,” she meets the descendants of Rudolf… Continue reading
“New high-stakes Gaza truce talks hope to avert a wider war”, NBC News
Mediators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar will meet in Doha to try to broker a cease-fire deal, negotiations that… Continue reading
“Ukraine’s surprise advance into Russia a dilemma for Biden”, BBC News
Tom Bateman, State Department correspondent, 15 August 2024
Washington is absorbing the impact of Ukraine’s lightning assault into Russia’s Kursk… Continue reading
“Ukraine is advancing deeper into Russia, Zelenskiy says”, Reuters
By Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk, August 14, 2024
People gather in the courtyard of a… Continue reading
“The British Economist Who Became a Celebrity With an Anti-Growth Pitch”, The New Republic
Nick Romeo/August 14, 2024
Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and… Continue reading
“Iran’s Lebanon-Based Militia Hezbollah Prepares for Possible War”, Der Spiegel
By Christoph Reuter, Berlin, 14.08.2024
The heavily armed Hezbollah militia would play a central role in any armed conflict… Continue reading