Why does Wikipedia love monuments so much?
Perhaps because underneath the archive’s drive to preserve, lies a deep anxiety with the ephemeral nature of human society.

When the president began to speak, I knew it was time. I turned around.

Only some compulsive hoarding is comprised of the need to acquire; many hoarders are driven only by the need to retain.

Shock therapy has been used since 1938 and involves sending electrical signals to the brain to induce a small seizure. Today, it is used as a last resort for severe depression. One of the most common symptoms is memory loss.

In 1962, Centralia’s coal mine started burning and never stopped. The underground fire poisoned everything and everyone, and yet people refused to leave for decades. Is there a difference between staying in a toxic relationship and living in a toxic town? Kara McGinley drives straight into the hazard to find out.