A personal essay about the ways in which a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
September 2018
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The Trigger Effect
In September 2017, a campus police officer shot and killed a queer college student in Atlanta. By the end of the year, several of the student’s friends had been arrested, and two were dead. What happened at Georgia Tech? The story of a tragedy’s aftermath and the debates it sparked—about police brutality, free speech, gender […]
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Judging by the Cover: How the Magazine Industry’s Identity Crisis Is Playing Out on Its Front Page
Digitization has profoundly altered the way magazines sell and get produced, yet traditional print covers still have a strong cultural and economic impact. Cover designs now have to strike a delicate balance between satisfying loyal subscribers and attracting new digital readers who engage on social media.
Posted inHighlight, Quotes, Science & Nature
Take Two $275 Herbal Supplements and Don’t Call Me in the Morning
Looks like you’ve got late-stage Patriarchal Medicine Syndrome. I’m so sorry.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, History, Nonfiction, Story
Above It All: How the Court Got So Supreme
Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.
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How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War
“If you want to know what happens to a country that has opened itself entirely to Facebook, look to the Philippines.”
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted ineducation, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
A Long, Lasting Influence on Educational Equity
As the Philadelphia Eagles start the 2018-19 NFL season, defensive end Chris Long is also committed to making wins off the field by creating educational equity for students in the United States.
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The Big Lie
How the story of an ambitious chemistry professor in Colorado who forged a letter and lost everything.