Why America Doesn’t Have Insane Asylums Anymore

In 1887, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World published one of my favorite series in the history of journalism. It sported these headlines: “Inside the Madhouse.” “Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors. The Trying Ordeal of the New York World’s Girl Correspondent.” The author, Nelly Bly, 23 and brave, wrote about her time in the city asylum on Blackwell’s Island Read more... The post Why…