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How harm reduction is winning the war against drug overdoses
Maia Szalavitz tells the story of a strategy that replaces criminalization with empathy.
Episode 6: Following the saints with Dan Koski
“You have to be willing to accept that if you call on this saint for help and guidance, he or she may call on you for challenges as well.”
I went to the first McDonald’s in Russia for the bathroom
As the Soviet Union crumbled, the West sent French fries.
Robert Pattinson gives us the Batman we need
He carries the hesitant masculinity of Twilight’s Edward Cullen in his body.
What kind of faith should Ketanji Brown Jackson have?
We seem to want public figures with inconsequential beliefs.
The mirror world under the sea
Millions of unknown species in our oceans inhabit a universe of storytelling and dreaming.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Disguise and Hinge.
The resurrection of St. George in England
Behind the resurgence of festivals and flags is a story of cultural change—and resistance to it.
A rite of spontaneous love (John 12:1-8)
Mary has learned that God spares nothing in loving us.
The wonderful ordinariness of congregational life
Sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes it’s thrilling. Sometimes it makes me cry.