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A Medical Student Took His Own Life. His Parents Blame the School.
After an accusation of wrongdoing and a late-night email from a school dean, Vaibhav Duggal died by suicide. Is the school responsible?
Frannie Block
The Parents Who Let Their Daughter Die
‘I don’t want my little girl to die,’ Cissy Dekker said about her 19-year-old daughter, Iris. ‘But out of love, I also don’t want this life for her.’
Rupa Subramanya
Judson’s Last Ride
My son is 18 and has profound autism. On Friday, he rode the school bus for the last time. It was his last link to the ‘typical’ world.
Sean Trende
Arthur Brooks: The Saddest Countries All Speak English
The English-speaking world doesn’t use social media more than the rest of the world—but it uses it differently, in ways that may be fueling isolation…
Arthur Brooks
Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart?
Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame.
Jonathan Alpert
I De-transitioned. My Body Will Never Be the Same.
Doctors told me I was transgender at 13. I’m 23 now, permanently altered, and fighting to make sure it never happens to another child.
Jonni Skinner
EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Giants Sued for Marketing Weed as Medicine
A new class-action lawsuit alleges three of America’s largest marijuana companies know that science doesn’t support their health claims—but keep saying…
Josh Code
Is Ibogaine the Next Miracle Drug?
American addicts and traumatized veterans are flocking to Mexico to ingest a powerful hallucinogen. But the president just signed an executive order…
Josh Code
I Thought I Was Autistic. I Was Wrong.
After spending most of my life feeling different and alone, an autism diagnosis gave me the kind of relief that was impossible to resist. But it was…
Christina Buttons
The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is Making Gay Kids Trans
Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
James Kirchick
Arthur Brooks: Don’t Waste Your Suffering
The modern fixation on a suffering-free life has left us fragile, anxious, and unfulfilled.
Arthur Brooks
America’s Public Disorder Is a Choice
America’s hands-off approach to mental illness and addiction is failing everyone.
Chris Arnade
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