'Each hopes to be spared by the figurative firing squad, but predictably, none will be'
Viet Thanh Nguyen at Time
'The public needs to know that psychedelics aren't magic pills'
Jules Evans at The New York Times
A "once left-wing psychedelic movement" has become "tightly entwined" with the Trump administration and the tech right, says Jules Evans. The "pro-psychedelic lobby" is "hopeful" that RFK Jr.'s Health and Human Services will "trim the red tape in the FDA's approval process for psychedelic treatments." But this may entail "approving them too quickly and without adequate protections." While mind-altering drugs are "very promising as a mental health treatment," they also "carry serious risks."
'The world has abandoned us to a fate of constant, deadly bombardment'
Manal Qaed Alwesabi at Al Jazeera
"In the first week of April, the United States carried out air raids across Yemen," says Manal Qaed Alwesabi, a Yemeni journalist. "I often hear people say that what we are suffering cannot compare to what is happening in Gaza. My fellow Yemenis see pain as a matter of comparison, not a matter of justice — as if the pain must compete against another to be recognized." Yemenis are being "reduced" to "mere numbers in international agency reports and news broadcasts."
'Budget-conscious travelers are pulling back over concerns about the economy'
Thomas Black at Bloomberg
Southwest "gained a loyal following" as a "low-cost airline," but it is now "getting walloped — and at the worst possible time as it revamps its business model," says Thomas Black. Southwest is in the process of "making historic changes to its service model," breaking tradition by "adopting assigned seating" and "charging for checked bags." But Southwest "remains a domestic airline and will feel the full brunt of whatever happens to the U.S. economy."
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From Da Vinci to a golden toilet: a history of museum heistsIn the Spotlight Following the ‘spectacular’ events at the Louvre, museums are ‘increasingly being targeted by criminal gangs’
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Can Gen Z uprisings succeed where other protest movements failed?Today's Big Question Apolitical and leaderless, youth-led protests have real power but are vulnerable to the strongman opportunist
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The allegations of Christian genocide in NigeriaThe Explainer West African nation has denied claims from US senator and broadcaster
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