The Long Shadow
Bruce Perry on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma

Waterbugs
My creepy new roommates
By Alice Bradley

An Unlikely Friendship
An Israeli and a Palestinian Make the Case for Peace

Dry Season
Letters to a father
By Joe Wilkins

To Have and To Hold
Stephanie Coontz on the Past, Present, and Future of Marriage

At the Last Minute
A missing groom, an emergency delivery, a dog’s life
Personal stories by our readers

Signs of Intelligent Life
Carl Safina’s Evidence That Other Animals Think and Feel

When They Came to Us
At first they were welcome
A story by Debbie Urbanski

Who Are You Calling Crazy?
Gary Greenberg on How We Define Mental Illness — and How It Defines Us

Dirt Monkey
Howling into the void
By Shozan Jack Haubner

The Skeleton Gets Up and Walks
Craig Childs on How the World Is Always Ending

Days of Human Sacrifice
Please pass the misery
A short story by Poe Ballantine

Righteous Babe
Ani DiFranco on Music, Politics, and Staying Independent

A Merry Little Christmas
Knocking on Mother’s door
By S.J. Miller

Two Ways of Knowing
Robin Wall Kimmerer on Scientific and Native American Views of the Natural World

Bosses
A manager’s lament, a meddling husband, a reporter’s revenge
Personal stories by our readers

Embracing Ignorance
Jack Miles on His Path from Belief to Disbelief and Back

Biblioclast
A daughter’s blasphemy
By Randa Jarrar

The Kids Are All Right
David Lancy Questions Our Assumptions about Parenting

Where the Wild Things Are
Children at play
A photo essay by Alain Laboile