Tara Wanda Merrigan

Tara Wanda Merrigan is a journalist who lives in New York. She writes about culture and politics.

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PROZAC NATION

The Case for Antidepressants

Sixty years after the discovery of antidepressants, the debate on their efficacy rages on.

Tara Wanda Merrigan

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BEDFELLOWS

David Duke: Trump ‘Knows Who I Am’

The former KKK Grand Wizard says he understands what Trump is saying about white supremacists. Others are less forgiving.

Gideon Resnick

R.I.P.

Justice Antonin Scalia Dead at 79

Body found in room at Texas resort.

Tara Wanda Merrigan

HEARTBREAKING

Girlfriends’ Love Ends in Murder-Suicide

Months after celebrating their two-year anniversary, Dorothy Dutiel and Mary Kieu were found dead at school. The night before, Dutiel tweeted she felt ‘rejected,’ then said ‘goodbye.’

Katie Zavadski

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Harvard’s Naughty Lectures

<p>Touching on everything from the myths of female sexuality to the structure of the clitoris, Harvard Sex Week is telling students it's OK to talk about sex. Tara Wanda Merrigan reports. Plus, in <em>Newsweek</em> Katie Roiphe on how <a href="/content/dailybeast/newsweek/2012/04/15/working-women-s-fantasies.html">spanking is going mainstream</a>.</p>

Tara Wanda Merrigan