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The author’s cat, Kali, helping review page proofs.

Helping Humans Cope: The Popularity of Pandemic Pets and Civil War Companion Animals

Marcy Sacks compares the increased desire for animal companions during the Civil War and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Still life painting, “Early American, Apples in a Porcelain Basket” (2007), by Sharon Core.

After Apple Picking

The decline of South Carolina's apple industry, interwoven with personal memories of family orchards.

The School Shooting That Austin Forgot

In 1978, an eighth grader from a prominent Austin family killed his teacher. His classmates are still haunted by what happened that terrible day and after.

Birmingham’s ‘Fifth Girl’

Sarah Collins Rudolph survived the 1963 church bombing that killed her sister and three other girls. She's still waiting on restitution and an apology.
Nurse administering electroshock therapy to a patient.

The Troubled History of Psychiatry

Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself. What, exactly, constitutes a mental disorder?
Richard Holbrooke and two images of people carrying weapons of war.

The End of the American Century

What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
Picasso's painting "Massacre in Korea."

Don’t You Hear Her?

The enduring Korean War.
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Lobotomy: A Dangerous Fad's Lingering Effect on Mental Illness Treatment

From the 1930s to the 1950s a radical surgery -- the lobotomy -- would forever change our understanding and treatment of the mentally ill.

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