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o help combat the turbulent waters of mental illness, giving sufferers cash could be exactly the life raft they need. The illustration shows the concentric waves forming the turbulent outline of a person's face, and a dollar bill as a raft signifies the cash that could help.

Anna Louie Sussman

Should Doctors Prescribe Cleaner Air? Better Housing? A Dance Class?

A new book highlights the difficulty of treating mental health issues without addressing simple facts of poverty and injustice in people’s lives.

George Saunders at a book signing in Florida in 2017

Aaron Regunberg

George Saunders: “It’s an Agitating Book for a Lot of People”

A lightly spoiler-filled conversation with the author about his new novel, Vigil, climate change, and redemption.

The Generation That Got Stuck in Lockdown

A photo illustration of four fish bowls each with an person's eye peering through the negative shape of a goldfish

The Generation That Got Stuck in Lockdown

Books & the Arts

A photograph of Tom Junod’s father, Lou, on the steps of their home in Wantagh, New York, in the early 1960s. Lou wanted this photograph to be shown at his funeral, so mourners would remember him in his “prime".

Mychal Denzel Smith

My Father, the Midcentury Man—With a Lifetime of Secrets

Tom Junod wrestles with his father’s ideal of masculinity, and how to unlearn it.

Watching The Pitt at the End of an Era for HBO

An overstretched emergency department and TV network have a surprising amount in common.