Observe the Bumbler’s One Weakness By Michelle Weber Highlight Bumbles sink. (Hopefully.) On men, sexual violence, and feigned ignorance.
An Interview with ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Author André Aciman By Jessica Gross Feature The author on his writing process and what it was like to watch a film based on one of his books.
Gossip and News, Strange Bedfellows By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Recent stories exposing powerful, abusive men suggest there’s value in taking rumors seriously.
Harshing the Internet Poet’s Mellow By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Instagram poet Collin Andrew Yost got trounced online, but his experience offers a lesson in how to cultivate empathy.
Bronx Rapper Cardi B Became a Pop Sensation, But Will She Make it Last? By Danielle Jackson Highlight Understanding what the rapper means to her audience, beyond the flash of celebrity.
Brit Bennett Reflects on Living the Past Year in “Trump Time” By Danielle Jackson Highlight How the whiplash-like event of Trump following the nation’s first black president has “compressed time.”
Unreal Estate: A Reading List About Our Shifting Vision of Home By Ben Huberman Reading List In an age of economic and political instability, what do the spaces we dwell in say about us?
Albania’s Blood Feuds By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In northern Albania, vengeance is justice, but does it get people something besides more pain?
The True Story of Refugees in an American High School By Longreads Feature The politics of immigration ignores the reality: a classroom of young people adjusting to life in the United States, and a teacher driven to help.
L.A.’s Underground Museum is a Vital Hub of Contemporary Black Culture By Danielle Jackson Highlight The space has become a vital convening point for creatives, culture workers, and audiences interested in ideas of black excellence.
In the Wake of Weinstein and #MeToo, Why Does R. Kelly Still Have an Audience? By Danielle Jackson Highlight Women of color who have been singled out by sexual predators deserve our collective fury too.
The Business of Building a Country’s Brand By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A whole sector of the marketing industry shapes stories about nations and cities to shape our opinions about place.
The Unforgiving Minute By Laurie Penny Feature Men, get ready to be uncomfortable for a while. While forgiveness may come one day, it won’t be soon.
Jeff Goldblum Prefers Pouring Orange Juice in His Cereal By Matt Giles Highlight The actor is a steadfast convert, but does that mean the actor is right?
Can Portland’s River Cleanup Correct Environmental Injustice? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Willamette River, a superfund site, was once Portland’s lifeblood. A massive cleanup project could restore it for the communities of color that had long relied on it for food, work, and leisure.
The Strange Art World of Craigslist By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The artists who use Craigslist to find subjects and ideas have found a willing group of participants unfazed by unusual encounters.
The Athletes Who Felt Seen by Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city” By Danielle Jackson Commentary The modern hip-hop classic reflects growing up in Compton “one thousand percent.”
Sade’s Eternal Cool By Danielle Jackson Highlight How the soul singer Sade Adu has maintained her pop cultural relevance for more than 30 years.
Searching for Poet Frank Stanford By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Traveling to Arkansas to search for mythic poet Frank Stanford.
We’re Going Through Hell, and Men Need to Join Us There By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The momentum is happening and it’s exhausting for women.
“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts By Carey Purcell Feature A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.
Idaho Conservatives Are Trying to Move the American GOP Further Right By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight For the ultra-right wing Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, today’s GOP isn’t Republican enough.
What We’re Not Talking About When We Talk About Tiny House Hunters By Michelle Weber Highlight Big economic anxieties, writ small.
How Does It Feel? An Alternative American History, Told With Folk Music By Longreads Feature On Guthrie, Robeson, Seeger, Lomax, Dylan, the Red Scare, the fall of labor, and what folk music had to do with it.
The Ghosts of the Tsunami By Aaron Gilbreath Feature The 2011 earthquake and tsunami killed thousands in Japan. Those left behind were haunted by the dead, and some were possessed by them.
Where Do We Go From Here? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary We are finally taking sexual harassment and abuse seriously. Now what?
Ahead by a Century: A Gord Downie Reading List By Krista Stevens Reading List Five pieces about Gord Downie, a man who used his last two years to build a better Canada.
Scientific Conferences Are Filled with Spies By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The world’s intelligence agencies send operatives to scientific conferences to collect information and protect themselves.
The Film Critic Turned Filmmaker By Sari Botton Highlight Alexander Chee profiles Korean auteur Park Chan-wook.
An Interview with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Jason De León By Matt Giles Feature The anthropologist studies the objects left behind by migrants as they cross the border.
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