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August 5, 2021
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Liza Featherstone
We’re Freaking Out About Rats Cause We Can’t Handle Climate Change
The current panic about urban decay and disorder is classic displacement.
November 9, 2017
Malcolm Harris
The Costs of Being a Millennial
Adapting to the new economy has made young people drastically more worried and dissatisfied than their parents' generation.
June 14, 2016
Emma Young
Why Are So Many of Us Over-Sensitive?
There may be a scientific explanation (and upside) to sensory issues.
January 12, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Explains the Trump-Sanders Crossover Vote?
They speak to the same American anxieties—even though they offer radically different solutions.
July 24, 2015
Jo Livingstone
Is Worrying a Modernist Invention?
July 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Plane Disasters Won’t Make People Afraid of Flying
April 18, 2014
Sophie McBain
Everybody Is Anxious, and Nobody Wants to Talk About It
January 6, 2014
Alice Robb
Feeling Anxious? Tell Yourself to Be Excited—It's the Best Way to Calm Down
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