How racist tensions and discrimination in Memphis, Tennessee, created the environment in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and how Coretta Scott King’s “courage, dignity, and poise” in the face of horrific tragedy fuelled the Civil Rights Movement.
Krista Stevens
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The Fourteen Who Forgot
After overdosing, some opioid addicts are losing their memory and nobody really knows why. All doctors know is that each patient’s hippocampus — the area of the brain responsible for memory — becomes severely damaged. Are the opioids laced with an unknown toxin that targets the hippocampus? Does reduced respiration caused by opioid overdose damage […]
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#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement
“What began as an attempt at a simpler life quickly became a life-style brand.”
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‘S-Town’ Host Brian Reed Talks Ethics in Journalism
Katie Kilkenny interviews S-Town host Brian Reed on ethics and his approach to reporting on the popular investigative podcast.
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Queer and Black and Hiking the Appalachian Trail: Rahawa Haile on Going it Alone
In hiking the Appalachian Trail solo as a queer black woman, Rahawa Haile wants “to be a role model to black women who are interested in the outdoors, including myself.”
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How the Host of ‘S-Town’ Gained Subjects’ Trust and Made Tough Reporting Decisions
Katie Kilkenny interviews Brian Reed, the host of the popular investigative podcast, “S-Town” from the producers of Serial and This American Life. Reed shares his perspective on his approach to reporting the story: how he earned the trust of the people he interviewed, (the story takes place in Bibb County, Alabama — a poor and […]
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‘Hopely I’ll See You Again’: An Unlikely but Wonderful Love Affair
Noah Cho ruminates on why his blond, all-American mother chose his “barely bilingual” Korean father.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Why Dylan Matthews Donated His Kidney to a Stranger and You Should Too
At Vox, Matthews recounts the the long and rewarding process of donating a kidney to a perfect stranger.
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Going It Alone
Rahawa Haile shares her story of hiking the Appalachian Trail as a queer black woman in the spring of 2016 — traveling through hundreds of miles in states that staunchly supported Donald Trump in the election.
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Sesame Street’s New Autistic Character Could Be Groundbreaking
At Vox, Dylan Matthews posits that Julia could have a real influence on how society embraces those with autism.