Texas Seeks Trump’s Help to Defund Planned Parenthood. If It’s Successful, Other States Could Follow.
If the feds waive Medicaid’s freedom of choice provision, Texas will have drawn a roadmap for other ideologically driven states.
After Harvey, Houston residents will deal with mosquitoes, polluted water, mold, and disease.
As floodwaters peak and recede over the coming weeks, there will be lots of standing water for disease-transmitting mosquitoes to breed and multiply, the Atlantic reports. West Nile virus has…
Police Torture in Chicago
An archive of articles by John Conroy on police torture, Jon Burge, and related issues
The Soprano Who Upended Americans’ Racist Stereotypes About Who Could Sing Opera
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was in many ways the nation’s first black pop star
Hooked on the Heavens: How Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer, Nearly Died by Meathook in the Name of Science
How a paragon of persistence in the face of hardship discovered eight comets and paved the way for women in science.
‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing: Ed Skrein Steps Down From Playing Japanese-American Comic Character
The new “Hellboy” film was the latest studio production to cast a Caucasian actor in a role originally written with Asian heritage after “Deadpool” star Ed Skrein was announced last week…
Ray Bradbury’s Practical and Inspiring Writing Advice
Bradbury was full of wit and wisdom when it came to dishing out practical writing advice. His 1990 book Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity is a…
Gauguin’s Stirring First-Hand Account of What Actually Happened the Night Van Gogh Cut off His Own Ear
Certain relationships are charged with an intensity of feeling that incinerates the walls we habitually erect between platonic friendship, romantic attraction, and intellectual-creative infatuation. One of the most dramatic of…
Even with a misogynist predator-in-chief, we will not be silenced
20 years after The Vagina Monologues, I’d like to say that feminists have won. But patriarchy is a virus and we are in the midst of a massive outbreak
How to Write About Your Ancestral Village
You buy a one-way ticket to Beijing, and tell your mother you are traveling alone to figure out if China might be the answer.