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Eleanor Cummins

Latest articles by Eleanor Cummins

Life
There’s an underrated (and cheaper) type of therapyThere’s an underrated (and cheaper) type of therapy
Life

Its “disadvantages” can also be its strengths.

By Eleanor Cummins
Welcome to Covid-19’s “junior year.” It’s not pretty.
Science

The physical and psychic consequences of the pandemic with no end are shaping up to be devastating. What are Americans to do?

By Eleanor Cummins
What we don’t know about OCD
Science

The slippery nature of obsessive-compulsive disorder has resulted in decades of misunderstanding and misdiagnosis.

By Eleanor Cummins
The summer that wasn’t
The Highlight

How our Covid-19 backslide taught us there may be no going back to “normal.”

By Eleanor Cummins
Are our pets gobbling up the planet?
Science

From the meat-based meals to kitty litter to plastic poop bags, pet care is unarguably bad for the environment. What can we do about it?

By Eleanor Cummins and Maki Naro
The danger of the new skepticism
Features

“Question everything, right?” is the new mantra for some. But social echo chambers have propelled “healthy” skepticism into surreal terrain.

By Eleanor Cummins
A requiem for the Twitter presidency
Technology

How Trump blurred the lines between politics and persona in ways that will reverberate for years.

By Eleanor Cummins
Is this the end of American optimism?
Politics

Facing a seemingly endless pandemic and an election that has little hope of going smoothly, we’re all on a grim, existential roller coaster now.

By Eleanor Cummins
Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, and the national embrace of stepmothers
Politics

Their presence on the political stage spotlights the truth about the American blended family.

By Eleanor Cummins
Why you can’t help screwing around while working from home
Features

For remote employees, meetings and deep work are now coupled with online shopping, soothing puzzles and video games, and an array of other distractions.

By Eleanor Cummins