THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 5.17.26 Issue features Chris Pomorski on the famed freediver Francisco Ferreras; Reginald Dwayne Betts on learning to shoot a gun; Roger Cohen on the leader of Argentina as a MAGA celebrity; and more.
The Strange Alliance Trying to Remake American Psychiatry
An unlikely alliance between HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and “critical psychiatry” activists is challenging decades of medical orthodoxy by targeting the widespread, and often harmful, reliance on psychotropic medications. This movement argues that mainstream psychiatry pathologizes normal human suffering, prompting some medical professionals to preemptively develop deprescribing guidelines to safely taper patients off medication.
Why ‘Smart’ Products Have Started to Look Like the Dumb Choice
How Wi-Fi-connecting, app-based tech led to a backlash in the name of simplicity. By Nitsuh Abebe
The Testosterone Moment Is Here. And Men May Never Look the Same.
From the Trump administration to online influencers, the hormone is increasingly seen as the key to achieving a new male ideal. By Azeen Ghorayshi
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