Krista Stevens

“How an obscure Turkish scientist’s obscure theoretical breakthrough helped the Chinese tech giant gain control of the future. US telecoms never had a chance.”

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers recounts her mother’s efforts to overcome voter suppression in Georgia, and as a 9-year old, her own special role in helping elderly Black people to vote in the 1976 U.S. presidential election.

“Christina Kim risked everything to escape North Korea’s entrenched gender violence. She almost didn’t make it.”

“With mood disorders on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, people who’ve never experienced mental health issues are enduring some of the emotions I feel almost every day of my life. Maybe that’s why I can finally tell my story.”

“Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?”

At Oxford American, as part of their Southern Music Issue, Rosanne Cash celebrates the life and career of electric guitar pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an American singer and guitarist who influenced Elvis, Keith Richards, and Johnny Cash. “She traveled the world and left it scorched with her fearlessness and musical originality, inspired fierce devotion from […]

“‘This Is One Way To Dance’ is a timely collection about identity—where it comes from, what it means (and doesn’t), and what happens when we lose it.”

“Anthropologist Xiang Biao explains why the academic concept of ‘involution’ became a social media buzzword.”