Can Impossible Foods’ meat facsimiles save us from our carnivorous appetites?
Culture
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How Refugees Die
Wars and heightened border security have created a humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean.
Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Fraught Culture of Online Mourning
Nowadays, we live online, and so we grieve here too. But there are limits to the comfort digital mourning can provide.
Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Story
‘Give It Up For My Sister’: Beyonce, Solange, and The History of Sibling Acts in Pop
Family dynasties are neither new nor newly influential in pop.
Posted inCulture, education, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Why Can’t California Public Schools Quit Teaching a Eurocentric Version of State History?
Despite decades of effort, activists are still trying to get California public schools to teach an accurate history of the state’s indigenous people and the cruelties of European settlement.
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Canada’s Breeding Ground for Hate
How Canada’s new, educated, organized far-right has been using a video game app to try to influence mainstream politics and create a white ethno-state.
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Keeping the Focus on the People: An Interview with Joe Kloc
It took eight years to write the story of Richardson Bay’s boat community, known as the anchor-outs.
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We All Work for Facebook
Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?
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Living Off the Grid in California’s Coastal Waters
Living off the grid isn’t just for landlubbers.