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Malcolm Harris

Writer/editor, New Inquiry

Malcolm Harris is a writer and editor at The New Inquiry. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Human rights and justice

When a child goes to war

Our myths are full of young heroes yet our media calls them tragic victims. What is the truth about child soldiers?

Malcolm Harris

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Bioethics

The psychology of torture

The Milgram experiments showed that anybody could be capable of torture when obeying an authority. Are they still valid?

Malcolm Harris

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Addiction

Missing marijuana

When I stopped smoking weed, my appetite shrivelled and my head throbbed – but it was the dreams that really shook me

Malcolm Harris

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