Tonight, Jon Stewart ends his 16-year run as host of “The Daily Show.” Here are seven stories looking back at how Stewart became the most influential fake-news anchor in the history of television.
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The Newman’s Own Origin Story
In 1982 actor Paul Newman and his friend, writer A.E. Hotchner, started the Newman’s Own food company and made the decision to donate all profits to charity.
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Getting Reacquainted With the World After Decades in Prison
In the New York Times Magazine, Jon Mooallem follows two ex-convicts who pick up inmates the day they are released and help then navigate through their first day of freedom, which can be unnerving if they’ve been behind bars for more than a decade.
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Why Corporations Produce Clothes at Unsafe Factories Even When They Ban Suppliers From Using Them
Michael Hobbes has an eye-opening story in Highline, The Huffington Post’s features and investigations vertical, about why it’s impossible to eliminate sweatshops through boycotting and shopping ethically alone.
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How We Discovered Pluto
At National Geographic, Nadia Drake has been writing about NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reaching Pluto this week, and she’s also written about our history with the former planet, which was discovered by 24-year-old Clyde Tombaugh on February 18, 1930.
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If the ‘Big One’ Hits Seattle
In the New Yorker, Kathyrn Schulz describes the horrific devastation that would occur if a massive earthquake hit the Pacific Northwest.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Legacy of Structural Neglect in Inner Cities
Coates has made a name for himself by pointing out how structural racism continues to pervade in the U.S.
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What Jacques Pepin Would Eat for His Last Meal
Brett Martin in GQ, writing about his life-changing meeting with Jacques Pepin.
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How Shake Shack is Avoiding Chipotle’s Mistakes
Rob Brunner, writing about the rise of the popular Shake Shack burger chain in Fast Company.
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How Prison Nurseries Help Incarcerated Mothers and Their Babies
Sarah Yager reports in The Atlantic about how nursery prisons are helping incarcerated mothers and their babies.