Features
Alice Hamilton
Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970
by Daniel Stone
The Psyche on Automatic
Amy Cuddy probes snap judgments, warm feelings, and how to become an “alpha dog.”
by Craig Lambert
The Social Epidemic
Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
The Mindfulness Chronicles
Psychologist Ellen Langer's unconventional research. Plus, read about applying mindfulness techniques to eating.
by Cara Feinberg
Urban Utopias
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
by John S. Rosenberg
Francis Cabot Lowell
Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817
by Dan Yaeger
In the Wake of War
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power
by Charles Fried , Gregory Fried
Dropouts
Forty-some years ago, three Sixties types dropped out. We drop in on them.
by Craig Lambert
Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
by Ivan Gaskell
After Our Bubble
Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from Japan
by Jonathan Shaw
On Caregiving
A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine.
by Arthur Kleinman