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Controlled substance

Andrew Tatarsky and Maia Szalavitz: How 'Harm Reduction' Is Transforming Drug Policy

As the drug war retreats, individualist approaches to substance use and abuse will make us all better off.

Nick Gillespie | 1.11.2023 11:00 AM

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Drug Policy

How 'Harm Reduction' Is Transforming Drug Policy

Andrew Tatarsky and Maia Szalavitz push individualist approaches to substance abuse as the drug war retreats.

Nick Gillespie | 1.11.2023 10:30 AM

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Sex Work

Why Sex Work Should Be Destigmatized, Not Just Decriminalized

Kaytlin Bailey wants to decriminalize—and normalize—the world's oldest profession.

Nick Gillespie | 12.7.2022 2:20 PM

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Hippies

Steven Heller: Growing Up Underground

The legendary art director talks about the aesthetics of rebellion and his strange journey from Screw magazine to The New York Times.

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2022 12:24 PM

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Counterculture

Growing Up Underground With Steven Heller

The legendary art director on Greenwich Village in the '60s, the aesthetics of rebellion, and life at The New York Times.

Nick Gillespie | 11.23.2022 12:24 PM

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Death

Richard V. Reeves: Why Are Men Failing at School, Work, and Life?

The Of Boys and Men author documents why the modern male is struggling and suggests solutions that don't come at women's expense.

Nick Gillespie | 10.19.2022 11:00 AM

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Economics

Are Men Done? They Are Failing at School, Work, and Life.

Richard V. Reeves documents terrible trends and suggests solutions that don't come at the expense of women.

Nick Gillespie | 10.19.2022 10:30 AM

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Literature

How George Dawes Greene's The Moth Reinvented Storytelling

The novelist talks about The Kingdoms of Savannah and creating The Moth.

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2022 4:10 PM

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Civil War

George Dawes Green: Why the Past—and Storytelling—Is Never Dead

The creator of The Moth talks about why the past is never dead, especially in his new novel The Kingdoms of Savannah.

Nick Gillespie | 8.5.2022 4:56 PM

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Cultural Appropriation

Noah Rothman: The Progressive War on Fun

A conservative argues today's left is channeling Puritan theocrats when they try to prevent us from enjoying ourselves. Is he correct?

Nick Gillespie | 7.13.2022 5:15 PM

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Burning Man

Brian Doherty: From MAD Magazine to Maus

A new history, Dirty Pictures, explores how underground comix revolutionized art and exploded censorship once and for all.

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2022 4:10 PM

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Comics

The Dirty Pictures That Revolutionized Art

Brian Doherty's history of underground comix chronicles how Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and others challenged censorship and increased free speech.

Nick Gillespie and Brian Doherty | 6.29.2022 3:29 PM

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Middle East

Destroying Islamic Fundamentalism With Books

Ideas Beyond Borders is bringing ideas about pluralism, civil liberties, and critical thinking to hotbeds of Islamic extremism.

Nick Gillespie | 5.31.2022 3:22 PM

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Afghanistan

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Melissa Chen: Bringing Enlightenment Values to the Middle East

The co-founders of Ideas Beyond Borders talk about bringing Steven Pinker and John Stuart Mill to an audience dying for them.

Nick Gillespie | 5.25.2022 4:06 PM

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Controlled substance

Carl Hart: Legalize All Drugs Now!

The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Nick Gillespie | 4.13.2022 5:20 PM

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Feminism

Laura Kipnis: How COVID Supercharged the #MeToo Movement

The Love in the Time of Contagion author says sexual paranoia is on the rise.

Nick Gillespie | 3.9.2022 4:30 PM

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