Tag: mental health and wellness

MAGA Psychology: What Researchers Learned About the Movement

MAGA psychology explained: identity fusion, moral sorting, social dominance and authoritarian aggression — plus what the polling shows before the…

Canada Lets Some Patients Choose When to Die. Here’s What the Numbers Show.

Canada allows medical assistance in dying, but how has it affected the country? Explore MAID, suicide rates, life expectancy, safeguards…

Logical Fallacies in Politics: How Bad Arguments Win Anyway

Straw man, whataboutism, false dilemma, slippery slope: a plain-language guide to the logical fallacies in politics, with real-life examples. Learn…

Perez Hilton Hospitalized — What Happened Says More About Us Than About Him

Perez Hilton remains hospitalized two weeks after a mental health crisis on livestream. What the "karma" discourse, TikTok's moderation failure,…

Sailors on USS Abraham Lincoln Try to Jump Overboard

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln are desperate enough to try to jump overboard after nine months at sea.

What is Cognitive Dissonance? When You’d Rather Rewrite Reality Than Admit You Were Wrong

What is cognitive dissonance? Learn how it affects your brain, the famous experiments behind it, how it fuels political denial…

West Virginia Down to 2 Clinics Offering Gender-Affirming Care

West Virginia is down to two clinics that openly offer gender-affirming care as bans, court rulings, and federal pressure shrink…

Psychopath, Sociopath, or Something Else? What Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is — and the Traits to Watch For

Antisocial personality disorder or ASPD Explained: What’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath?

21-year-old Nasire Best went to a White House checkpoint with a gun—every system failed him along the way

Nasire Best, 21, was killed by Secret Service after opening fire at a White House checkpoint Saturday. Every system that…

Watch: Dr. John Gartner Warns Congress—Trump is Going to Go Nuclear

Dr. John Gartner warns Congress that Donald Trump’s worsening dementia makes him more dangerous by the day — and predicts…

Placebos Can Work as Well as Real Medicine—Your Body Just Needs Permission to Use it

In studies using placebos for pain, the placebo effect caused the brain to release endorphins, the body’s natural opioids. It’s…

The 25th Amendment, Explained: What it is, How it Works, and Why People Are Talking About it Now

The 25th Amendment explained: could it be used to remove President Trump? Here’s how it works, where it came from,…