A profile of thru-hiking scam artist Jeff Caldwell, a wolf in a puffy Marmot coat who started his life of crime by stealing from his friends. Later, using an outdoorsy trail persona, lies, and rugged good looks, he preyed on lonely single women and the elderly, conning them not only out of money, but also […]
Krista Stevens
Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List
Ahead by a Century: A Gord Downie Reading List
Five pieces about Gord Downie, a man who used his last two years to build a better Canada.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
TFW You’re Training the Worker That Will Take Your Job Away
What do you do when you’ve only got a G.E.D and your high-paying union job goes to Mexico?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico.
Farah Stockman profiles manufacturing employee Shannon Mulcahy during her last year at Rexnord, a bearing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana that moved to Mexico for cheaper labor. As Mulcahy trains the Mexican men who will eventually take her job, Stockman posits that American workers are not only losing their livelihoods but also their identities — the […]
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Trans, Homeless, and Turning Tricks to Survive
Homeless trans teens: America’s most vulnerable population.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
Should Youth Football be Banned?
Esquire writer Luke O’Neil recalls playing tackle football as a kid, where “you can hit so hard that you knock yourself out.”
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Trans, Teen and Homeless: America’s Most Vulnerable Population
Laura Rena Murray chronicles the dangers trans teens face as they attempt to create a life for themselves while living in the streets of New York City.
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I Played Youth Football for Years. What Will They Find in My Brain?
A new study from Boston University suggests that youth aged six to 12 who play football are at a higher risk for irreversible damage to their brains. Even Mike Ditka — had he a young son today — wouldn’t let him play football. “I think the risk is worse than the reward. I really do.”
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
‘Hotchickenfrication’: One Fowl Enterprise
The origin story of Prince’s Hot Chicken, and how imitators are polluting this spicy comfort food.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
28 Voices From the Storm
The before, during, and after of how Hurricane Harvey battered Texas for five days.