“Tonight, a dog holds a piece of cardboard in its mouth for an entire block. I don’t know what it finds in such a small, almost useless thing, but then again, I horde so much of what is small and useless, even to me, even to a dog. In most moments, there is something beautiful […]
Krista Stevens
Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life
“Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the things we miss.”
Bin Laden’s Catastrophic Success
“Al Qaeda changed the world—but not in the way it expected.”
The Spine Collector
“For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time?”
‘All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago’: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump’s Florida
“Roger Stone, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Ben Shapiro—they’ve all made their way to the Sunshine State, fueling and profiting from a tabloid culture that turns politics into spectacle, arguably Florida’s greatest export.”
Ghosts
“I didn’t know how to write about my sister’s death—so I had AI do it for me.”
Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous
“Inspectors repeatedly found manufacturing and device quality problems with the HeartWare heart pump. But the FDA did not penalize the company, and patients had the device implanted on their hearts without knowing the facts.”
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
“Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11.”
Forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu
“Who deserves absolution, and when, is one of humanity’s most vexing questions—one families devastated by the Humboldt Broncos tragedy can’t seem to avoid.”
