Margaret Mead

How psychedelics went from counterculture to grind culture.

A document in her papers in the Library of Congress sheds new light on postwar research on psychedelics.

The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk.

Well before the hippies arrived, LSD and other hallucinogens were poised to enter the American mainstream.

A brave band of scholars set out to save us from racism and sexism. What happened?

Confused 17th-century Europeans argued that human groups were separately created, a precursor to racist thought today.

Despite the prevalence of tricks and spooky spirits in earlier years, the American commercial holiday didn’t develop until the middle of the twentieth century.

A new book examines explores the ways that an uncritical celebration of “good” gays and “good” gayness can cause harm.

An unpublished memoir reveals how the world’s most famous child actress became a star of the environmental movement.

Some essential lessons from an earlier culture war.

Taking seriously the midlife crisis.

Three new books consider the life, and impact, of Franz Boas, the "father of American cultural anthropology."

The founder of cultural anthropology, Franz Boas challenged the reigning notions of race and culture.

Women anthropologists, face assault in the field, exposing victim blaming, institutional failures, and ethical gaps in academia.

The midlife crisis went from an obscure psychological theory to a ubiquitous phenomenon.

How Americans got so weird about science.

January 2017's Women's March wasn't the first time Fifth Avenue in New York City hosted an enormous demonstration.