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How Are You? Short Forms

What is the Vaccine for Political Nihilism?

From the point each of us checks into the political arena, we are vulnerable to political nihilism: the feeling of bleak, insurmountable hopelessness. But how can this virus be cured?

The Problem of Beginnings

Even now, as I frenetically fumble with the keyboard, typing what I’m sure will turn out to be a directionless flow of consciousness, I still find it difficult: difficult to decide that what I’m writing is worth an initiation, let alone a conclusion.

Development Partners: A View from the Ground

Working with the UN, I quickly realized that many of my assumptions about the institution's homogeneity and efficacy were wrong.

Development Without Destination

Despite the significant amount of aid seemingly invested in the Global South, intergenerational mobility (IGM) has largely stalled in low-income countries, and many remain increasingly constrained by the socioeconomic circumstances of their birth.

Fat Wallets, Empty Houses: A New American Dream

Financial achievement has historically been deemed the epitome of success, but a new generation of workers may be prioritizing well-being and personal satisifaction over income.

Sickened and Sickening: America’s Media Diet

America's failure to agree on facts emerges out of not only our sickened discourse but our ever-more-sickening content consumption.

It’s Mental!: The Media’s Take on Psychological Wellness

Mental illness is an elusive theme to represent well, as it exists in different forms across different spectra of identity. Careful portrayals acknowledge and uplift this variety, taking precautions not to allow mental illness to reduce a character.

A Poorly Taped Show: Mental Health in “13 Reasons Why”

The creators of Netflix's "Thirteen Reasons Why" attempted to encourage conversations around mental health and other sensitive issues: Ultimately, they failed.