Author of Undoing Drugs and NYT columnist Szalavitz talks history, science, media shifts, politics, and how the US might mitigate its overdose crisis.

In 1968, a group of Boston University students published a handbook about abortion and birth control for their peers. Over half a million copies were distributed.

Alpha Pi Omega, the first historically Native American sorority, supports Native students and creates cultural space for them on university campuses.

Wheat remains a central part of national identity in Tajikistan despite the mechanization of agriculture and decades of hostile Soviet policies.

In the 1970s, a time of mass deinstitutionalization, former patients came together to found the Psychiatric Inmates Liberation Movement.

A greater exposure to democracy leads to a higher level of self-reported happiness.

The methods of Sufi meditation were regarded as secret during the early Mughal empire. Why, then, did Dara Shikoh feel the need to write them down?

Time behind bars can increase the likelihood that someone will re-offend, research finds. In many cases, programs that rehabilitate, rather than punish, may be a better solution.

National security, borders and migration, climate change and global food supplies, war and terrorism. These make up the academic field of security studies.

Cultural systems have historically defined sex segregation. The imperfect science has led to failures in policing gender in sports.