The 1923 Novel That Helps Us Understand Today’s Racial Climate By Danielle Jackson Commentary ‘Cane’ is a series of vignettes about life in rural Georgia told from the point of view of an ambivalently black teacher from the north.
When Everyone In Town Has a Gun, But the Enemy is the Economy By Michelle Legro Highlight For the residents of Nucla, Colorado, the enemies are the liberals next door.
Finding Her True Self: Queer and Muslim By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A Muslim international student came to New York City, and soon embraced her sexuality and all the cultural challenges it would create.
Now Airbnb is Wrecking Mountain Towns, Too By Pam Mandel Highlight Short-term rentals are affecting the character of places like Bozeman, Boise, and Crested Butte.
The Making of ‘Meatballs’: Is Bill Murray Even Going to Show Up? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The 1979 summer camp comedy was Bill Murray’s breakout film. It also almost didn’t happen.
Conservative Values, Meet Drag Values By Catherine Cusick Commentary RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sasha Velour responds to a divisive political climate by celebrating beauty, brains, and belonging.
A (Disney) Pirate’s Life for Me By Pam Mandel Commentary Goodbye, Wench Market; the Disney-Industrial Complex has no place for decay.
The 1972 Movie of the 1969 Musical, “1776” By Pam Mandel Commentary The scene was restored, but thanks to Richard Nixon, a song about conservatism was cut from the 1972 movie “1776.”
In South Korea, Gentrification Goes Global By Pam Mandel Highlight Factory workers and artists struggle to keep their work spaces in this Seoul neighborhood.
Nina Simone’s Three Years of Freedom By Danielle Jackson Highlight At Guernica, Katherina Grace Thomas turns a lens on the years Nina Simone spent in Liberia in the mid-1970s.
Where Have All the Guitar Heroes Gone? By Pam Mandel Highlight Where’s the next generation of guitar heroes? The guitar industry misses you.
Monocle: The Magazine As Boring, Lifestyle, Branding Infastructure By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight On Monocle’s tenth anniversary, one writer analyzes the magazine’s vision, business model, and what place this globalist outlet has in an age of increasing nationalism.
Prog Rock: The Musical Genre That Won’t Die By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The “progressive” form of 1970s rock and roll still has as many devoted fans as it does diehard enemies. Why?
The Fading Relevance of the NBA Draft By Matt Giles Commentary Building a contender the old-fashioned way takes a patience few teams are willing to endure.
Why Don’t We Work Less? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Is it because we don’t want to, because we can’t, or is there something else at play?
The New Age of Anxiety By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight W.H. Auden named it 70 years ago, and our latest age of anxiety is one of Xanax, fidget spinners, and constant swiping.
Desperately Seeking Daniel Day-Lewis By Erin Blakemore Commentary Is this the end of an era for the brilliant, if reluctant, male movie star?
Race in America Has Never Been an Either-Or Proposition By Michelle Weber Highlight Zadie Smith examines the racially-charged work of Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ and Dana Schutz’s ‘Emmett Till’
Five Questions for an Actor in the Ensemble of ‘Julius Caesar’ By Michelle Legro Commentary It was job of the ensemble to be the voice of the people. Then actual protestors rushed the stage.
Following John McPhee’s Path to ‘Oranges’ By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Fifty years after he published Oranges, one writer traces McPhee’s story to Florida to assess the state of American citrus.
The Tears of Denis Johnson By Longreads Feature The writer showed his students and friends how to remain an artist, even when one becomes a kind of cult figure.
David Sedaris Is Depressed By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight David Sedaris tallies a few of the many reasons he feels shame and sadness being an American in the time of Trump.
Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
Another Tech Casualty: Dating By Pam Mandel Commentary “I’ve lived in Seattle for seven years, single most of them. The only thing that has changed is the increase in men I’d never want to go out on a date with.”
How Did HGTV ‘Stars’ Become Celebrities? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Is the rise of HGTV celebrities a window into, or a reprieve from, a “culturally divided America”?
Coming of Age in the Army By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After a series of dead ends, a young man finds direction and identity in the Army. Despite his parents’ pride, the lingering question becomes: at what personal cost?
Why Do Indian-American Kids Do So Well in Spelling Bees? By Pam Mandel Highlight “Wipeouts, showmanship, incredible feats of talent.” Nope, not surfing or football — this is the world of competitive spelling.
What Alex Jones and Amanda Chantal Bacon Have in Common By Michelle Legro Highlight A new profile of the Moon Juice entrepreneur reveals how the hippie left intersects with the conspiracist right.
Treating Our Border As a Battle Zone By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Twenty years after Marines fatally shot an innocent 18-year old man in West Texas, the War on Drugs and militarization of the US-Mexico border has left many local people feeling less safe.
A Chance Meeting With Mr. Rogers By Krista Stevens Highlight As it turns out, Fred Rogers was as kind and as wonderful in person as he was on television.
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