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Sabrina Imbler

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Interviews

An Interview With A Psychiatric Nurse Whose Research Funding Was Cut By The Trump Administration

Joy Binion, formerly a social science analyst at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMSHA

An Interview With A Terminated Analyst At The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration

T.M. Brown is a Brooklyn-based writer who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, as well as the good versions of Deadspin and the Village Voice. He writes the newsletter <a href="https://tedthoughts.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tedthoughts.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1696431933834000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vP6E3SoXDsrjiq0Qj9HM5">Is It Supposed to Look Like That?</a>

T.M. Brown

Tennis

Surviving Break Point

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

FUNBAG header art, it's a B&W image of a woman hitting a guy with a briefcase or book or something

Funbag

Beware Of Assholes Trying To Co-Opt Mental Health Awareness

Albert Burneko

An NYC subway car with an MTA badge by the door

Capital

Jordan Neely Just Needed Some Help

Shamira Ibrahim is a Brooklyn-based culture writer by way of Harlem, Canada, and East Africa,&nbsp;who explores identity, cultural production and technology.