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In January, when a teenager killed two of his classmates  Marshall County High School, in Benton, Kentucky, there were no protests, no uprising. The blame went to video games, bullying, parents, the culture at large. Guns were not to blame, far from it.

For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.

A DREAMer discusses her daily beauty and fashion routine: the clothes she wears to the airport in case she gets screened, the nail polish she wears with a short manicure in case she’s fingerprinted, the waterproof mascara she uses in case she cries.

The male glance is what we do to art by women: it’s a look that is quick, it judges, it supposes, and it moves on. It’s what makes art by men serious, and art by women dismissive. “We’ve been hemorrhaging great work for decades,” writes Lili Loofbourow, “partly because we were so bad at seeing it.”

Will Leitch’s father taught him how to shoot a gun because he “thought it was something that a man was supposed to do.” Now with a son of his own, Will is conflicted: Should he teach his son to be the best, to be a “golden child,” or should he teach his son that the […]

It’s no surprise that breaking into the seemingly perfect life of being an Instagram influencer takes time, money and a lot of hard work. But once you make it, is it worth it? For some, social media fame is the goal, and for others, its only the stepping stone to a “real” job.

This Fall marks a decade since beginning the housing crisis—but what marks the end?  Ten years of renting, watching the market, attempting to sell, and finally determining how much of a loss he could take on his home, left a WSJ reporter with the understanding that the crisis is only over when it’s over for you.

The mall was supposed to be a reinvention of the town square — and for nearly half a century it was, as a public space committed to shopping, eating, or merely lounging around with friends. But the retail apocalypse has taken the core out of the mall, the flagship retail that held it all together, and […]

Capitalism is framed as both a choice and an inevitability. It allows the consumer to buy whatever we want, but what’s available to purchase is due to the pressures and whims of the market. “It’s about the fact that American business have choices,” writes reporter Meredith Haggerty “and how we pretend they don’t.”