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Public impeachment hearings began this week. Did you watch the drama (or lack thereof)? Columnist Charles M. Blow talks about why the first day of the hearing was sad (yet necessary), our editorial board offers a rundown of what day one of the hearings revealed, and we synthesized the takeaways from the first round of testimony. “The world is watching” — and we have another week of testimony ahead. — Alexandra March |
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Comedian Hospitalized for Depression. Hilarity Ensues. |
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Your Instagram posts, your tweets, your post-work-pre-dinner networking? Those all encompass your “front stage” life. This is what it looks like when a comedian exposes those cultural charades and shows us what it looks like when “we peel off the mask.” |
Are We About to Reach the End of Babies? |
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More and more people are choosing childlessness — even in countries that make reproduction relatively easy and affordable. So what’s to blame? Capitalism, and the social and environmental conditions we live in, might just function as a “barely perceptible contraceptive.” |
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The Danger of Traveling Light |
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One pristine outfit that needs to last for the next 36 hours. Vodka. Afrin. And two well-placed tampons. This is a lesson in grace under (high blood) pressure. |
When ‘Incorrigible’ Teen Girls Were Jailed |
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“What happened to her happened to many other young women across America. In a similar institution in Beloit, Kan., as reported in The Hutchinson News in 1937, girls who were considered ‘oversexed’ were subjected to forced sterilization for ‘the best interest of society.’” |
What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns |
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“They thee-ed and thou-ed their fellow human beings without distinction as a form of egalitarian social protest. And like today’s proponents of gender-inclusive pronouns, they faced ridicule and persecution as a result.” |
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