Laura Lippman, admittedly a rotten friend, is bummed by the ways in which friendships end as one gets older.
2019
Posted inEditor's Pick
When Authenticity Means a Heaping Plate of Tex-Mex
The food of our childhood means more to us than its credibility among the masses.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Walking Across California
To understand what the Golden State is compared to what it was, one solitary hiker follows the trail of the first overland Spanish expedition into California 250 years later.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Story
Lindy West is Preaching to the Choir
Sara Fredman talks to author Lindy West on women and likability, the evolution of pop culture, and navigating conversations in a complex, messy world.
Posted inStory
Under the Influence: White Lies
When you read “influencer,” do you think “white woman”? That’s not a surprise: the stereotypes originally established offline are reaffirmed on social media by the same systems.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Should We Create New Life As Our Planet Struggles to Support Life In General?
Knowing what we now know about global warming, is procreation irresponsible?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Captured by Coal
Federal law requires coal companies return mining lands to their original condition. This three-part series examines the destructive impact of coal mining on Texas and Texans, and how the state is helping the struggling coal industry pollute the land and save millions on clean-up.
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To Have or Not to Have Children in the Age of Climate Change
An environmental journalist struggles to reconcile her desire to be a mother with the effect procreation has on the warming planet she writes about.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
B is for Bastard
As a boy, after the trauma of learning he is not his father’s biological son, Brian Gresko finds his sense of himself is shattered.
Posted inCurrent Events, Science & Nature, Story
A View of the Bay
A family’s losses after Hurricane Sandy didn’t come in the usual order or with the usual speed.