Jessica Winter

At the end of the summer, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory on the mental health of the nation’s parents. Too many families, Murthy wrote, are beset by economic factors beyond their control, including the costs of […]

President Biden’s political career died on a debate stage, a place where his Vice-President, Kamala Harris, has enjoyed unusual good fortune. When she was running as the underdog in the race for California attorney general, in 2010, her opponent, the

Much of undergraduate life—much of life in general—is defined by what psychologists call motivational conflict, which is when a person has the incentive to do two things but can choose only one. It’s Saturday night, your friends are going out,