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Publications

The New Inquiry

Politics

Coming to America

The difference between being African and being African-American.

Yahdon Israel The New Inquiry Aug 2015 15min Permalink

Science

Host in the Shell

Immune systems don’t make for clean narratives, even as we expect them to keep us pure.

Sara Black McCulloch The New Inquiry Dec 2014 10min Permalink

Sex Science

Over Easy

“That educated women’s eggs are in demand is one thing, that they are willing to provide them is another.”

Moira Donegan The New Inquiry Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Science Tech

A History of Like

Marketing research,the pre-Facebook history of ‘likeability,’ and why there will never be a ‘dislike’ button.

Robert W. Gehl The New Inquiry Mar 2013 Permalink

The Thin Blue Lie

An exposé of the New York Police Department’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.

David Noriega The New Inquiry Aug 2012 10min Permalink

Arts Media

The Jimmy McNulty Gambit

Jimmy McNulty, Mike Daisey, and the problems with skirting the system to get to the greater truth.

Aaron Bady The New Inquiry Mar 2012 10min Permalink