NYU's Dr. Nicole Foubister chats with us about the two-faced nature of bipolar disorder.

Dr. Sacks died on 30 August 2015, in his home in Manhattan at the age of 82 from liver cancer.  

Words of wisdom from FDR: "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."

Words of wisdom from Sherman Alexie: "I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders."

Mental illness is not one-size-fits-all. Just look at the state of mental health in the black community, which is replete with unique and systemic issues.

Words of wisdom from A. Philip Randolph: "Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they do not know each other; they do not know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.” 

Words like "liberty" and "freedom" represent big ideas that are about as amorphous as they are valued.