Taylor Beck

Taylor Beck is a teacher and writer based in Westport, Connecticut. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and other publications.

Cousins Like Us: Black Lives and John Maynard Keynes

Taylor Beck, a white writer, is discovered by his black cousin; they are both descended from the same slave owner....

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ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

POLITICS

HISTORY

Asylum, Again: Why We Need to Stop Punishing the Mentally Ill

As more and more prisons become warehouses for the mentally ill, is it time to go back to the asylum? Taylor Beck explores, via Alisa Roth's "Insane."...

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POLITICS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Moody Genes

Taylor Beck reads Stephen P. Hinshaw's "Another Kind of Madness" through the lens of his own history with mental illness....

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NONFICTION

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY