FIFTEEN MINUTES
Volume XXXVII, Issue XII
Gas Station Opioids
After 107 deaths, Massachusetts banned the supplement kratom and its synthetic derivatives for one year. Now, lawmakers, advocates, and physicians must weigh the future of a ubiquitous compound often called gas station heroin.
Editor's Note
Of Dust and Dragons: Boston’s Underground Puppet Library
There are few other places where children can learn about collective action and adults can play with puppets.
‘A Foot Here and a Foot in Brazil’: Diaspora Divided Over Future of Brazilian Presidency
Brazil’s polarized political climate has consumed the attention of the diaspora in Greater Boston. Most still have family in Brazil, some plan to return soon, and many say the election’s outcome will affect them directly even though they live abroad.
Life in a Handful of Earrings
My 53 pairs of earrings chart a map of memories I’ve made and places I’ve been. More importantly, they reflect the people in my life.
‘Bohemia Meets Academia, Burning Man Meets Black Tie’
Julia Allison and Noah R. Feldman’s love story
Fifteen Questions: Sarah Craycraft on Granny Witches, the Bulgarian Rural Exodus, and Trad Wives
The Folklore and Mythology Head Tutor Sarah B. Craycraft sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the folkloric role of the grandma figure, how conservative movements interact with tradition, and her experience getting to know Bulgaria.
Everything We Don't Know
I was the annoying kid in Sunday school questioning why God didn’t stop World War II and asking why the speed of light was constant in physics class.
Of Dust and Dragons: Boston’s Underground Puppet Library
There are few other places where children can learn about collective action and adults can play with puppets.
‘A Foot Here and a Foot in Brazil’: Diaspora Divided Over Future of Brazilian Presidency
Brazil’s polarized political climate has consumed the attention of the diaspora in Greater Boston. Most still have family in Brazil, some plan to return soon, and many say the election’s outcome will affect them directly even though they live abroad.
Life in a Handful of Earrings
My 53 pairs of earrings chart a map of memories I’ve made and places I’ve been. More importantly, they reflect the people in my life.
‘Bohemia Meets Academia, Burning Man Meets Black Tie’
Julia Allison and Noah R. Feldman’s love story
Fifteen Questions: Sarah Craycraft on Granny Witches, the Bulgarian Rural Exodus, and Trad Wives
The Folklore and Mythology Head Tutor Sarah B. Craycraft sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the folkloric role of the grandma figure, how conservative movements interact with tradition, and her experience getting to know Bulgaria.
Everything We Don't Know
I was the annoying kid in Sunday school questioning why God didn’t stop World War II and asking why the speed of light was constant in physics class.
