Remembering Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks By Tom Maxwell Feature The Buzzcocks’ enduring influence might have surprised punk frontman Pete Shelley, but not his fans.
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later (Or Don’t) By Michelle Weber Highlight Officer Stephen Mader got fired for deciding not to shoot someone, and if that doesn’t say a lot about the problems with police culture in the U.S., I don’t know what to tell you.
No Justice For Old Men By Michelle Weber Highlight In 2018, we’re inured to stories of a powerful men taking advantage of girls and getting away with it, but Jeffrey Epstein’s story still manages to horrify.
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn By Longreads Feature Many of California’s native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?
Sign On the Dotted Line to Ensure Your Own Destruction By Michelle Weber Highlight New York’s court system aids and abets predatory lenders who prey on small business owners.
Preserving Human Life Requires Preserving Insect Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight While science labors to comprehend the variety and volume of insects on earth, both are declining with disturbing speed, and the ecological consequences are troubling.
The Californians Who Can’t Budge By Michelle Weber Highlight How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?
The Queer Generation Gap By Soraya Roberts Feature How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
But Who Gets Custody of the Dog? By Michelle Weber Highlight It seems like America is made up of two broad groups who don’t agree on anything — maybe it’s time for a trial separation.
A Stimulus Plan for the Mutual Aid Economy By Livia Gershon Feature Policymakers’ neglect of caregiving harms a major force in American labor.
The City I Love Is Destroying Itself By Nicole Antebi Feature Nicole Antebi interviews historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.
The House on Mayo Road By Dure Amna Feature Dur e Aziz Amna considers the year in Pakistan when everything changed.
We Could Fell a Redwood Forest With This Anger By Michelle Weber Highlight Sometimes, the only way to vent your rage so you can be a useful member of society is with an axe.
Stan Lee: 1922-2018 By Mike Dang Highlight Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer, editor, and publisher of Marvel comics, has died at the age of 95.
When You Carry All That You Love With You By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver travels into the heart of the caravan.
Elena Ferrante and the “My Brilliant Friend” Adaptation for HBO By Danielle Jackson Highlight Merve Emre interviews Elena Ferrante about an upcoming HBO adaptation of her novel, “My Brilliant Friend.”
Remembering Ntozake Shange By Danielle Jackson Commentary The poet, novelist, and playwright Ntozake Shange died Saturday, October 27.
Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes By michellemeyrink Feature Countless women have been mistreated ever since sex became common on our screens. Hollywood’s newfound awareness of intimacy choreography can help change things.
On Blackface, Bert Williams, and Excellence By Danielle Jackson Commentary A complicated racial anxiety rests at the heart of American entertainment.
The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror By michellemeyrink Feature Horror movies give more screen time to strong female characters and attract a large female audience. But few female filmmakers get to work on them.
The State of the Bookstore Union By Rebecca McCarthy Feature The Strand, New York City’s largest independent bookstore, is owned by a millionaire — and the booksellers who work there are all broke.
Returning To the City That Made Us Refugees By Ana Baric Feature On a visit to Banja Luka, the city her family fled during the Bosnian War, Ana Barić encounters old wounds and alternate realities.
Reading with Kiese Laymon’s “Heavy” By Danielle Jackson Commentary “Heavy” confronts generations of Black art.
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness By michellemeyrink Feature In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR By Will Meyer Feature “Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
The Women Who Help Immigrant Women Escape Domestic Abuse By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.
Querida Angelita By Longreads Feature The Mexican teenager who became one Mexican-American family’s maid taught a young woman that el oltro lado, the other side, is as much about class and good fortune as it is an international border.
How the Border Patrol Threatens Civil Liberties Far from the Border By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight While ICE makes headlines, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency continues to detain and search American citizens far from the actual border, and it doesn’t need a warrant.
