Is New York the Most Corrupt State in the Nation? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary A robust local media is important to rooting out corruption, but so is a well-informed electorate.
Why Beyoncé Placed HBCU’s at the Center of American Life By Danielle Jackson Commentary The singer’s latest performance helps expand the possibilities of what it looks like to be a black thinking person.
A Kendrick Lamar Syllabus By Danielle Jackson Reading List The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
“This Is Our Regional Refugee Crisis” By Michelle Weber Highlight The U.S. immigration system is ill-equipped to deal with refugees who are feeling real violence and hardship but who don’t qualify for asylum.
Searching for a Future Beyond Facebook By Jacob Silverman Feature If we want to liberate ourselves from the tech monopolies, we have to figure out what to do with our data.
Listening to the Words of Puerto Rican Poet Julia de Burgos After Hurricane Maria By Danielle Jackson Highlight Largely unknown, Julia de Burgos may have been Puerto Rico’s greatest poet.
End the White House Correspondents’ Dinner By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary It’s an embarrassment to journalism.
Could Paulette Jordan of Idaho Become the Country’s First Native American Governor? By Danielle Jackson Highlight In Idaho, former state representative Paulette Jordan faces a tough race to become the nation’s first Native American governor.
Memphis Celebrates King For #MLK50, But Still Struggles To Honor What He Worked For By Danielle Jackson Highlight Essayist Zandria F. Robinson considers the festivities of #MLK50.
Unearthing the History of Lynching, One Story at a Time By Danielle Jackson Highlight The descendants of lynching victim Elwood Higginbotham learn the circumstances of his 1935 murder in Oxford, Mississippi.
Bob Dorough and the Magic Number By Tom Maxwell Commentary How the songwriter’s “Schoolhouse Rock!” taught an entire generation.
Trump’s Wall Would Devastate Big Bend National Park By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Join Nick Paumgarten on a trip down the Rio Grande to understand what we’d lose if Trump’s border wall destroys this ecosystem.
One Consequence of Cannabis Legalization is Market Saturation By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Supply side economics is clogging the overstuffed bowl of Oregon’s booming cannabis market, and there are not enough lighters in Oregon to smoke all the product.
We Love Moms, as Long as They Have Good Insurance By Michelle Weber Highlight In the U.S., getting pregnant can be exciting, joyful, and the first step toward a lifetime of debt.
England’s National Health Service Is Suffering Growing Pains By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight While England’s National Health Service institutes large-scale reform, the country’s understaffed, overcrowded hospitals are in crisis.
Maybe We’re the Circle By Megan Stielstra Feature Megan Stielstra and Nicole Piasecki talk about the shooting that changed their lives, who owns the story, and what to do with fear. Part three of a three-part series on gun violence.
Maybe We Can Make a Circle By Nicole Piasecki Feature Nicole Piasecki writes a letter to the wife of the shooter who killed her father. Part two of a three-part series on gun violence.
Here is My Heart By Megan Stielstra Feature Long after the shooting at her old high school, Megan Stielstra worries about her father’s heart. Part one of a three-part series on gun violence.
What If the Price of the American Dream Is Too High? By Michelle Weber Highlight In a blistering essay, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio eviscerates an American Dream that lures migrants with the promise of opportunity, then forces them to live under constant threat.
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners By Matt Giles Reading List This year’s Pulitzer winners include Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, investigative reporting from The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the New Yorker, music from Kendrick Lamar, and more.
Protecting Your Writing Time In This Weird Time of Ours By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Poet Patricia Lockwood offers ideas on how to keep writing in the unstable, toxic, distracting times we live in.
Coachella, Alternativo By Gabriel Thompson Feature Durante el tiempo que pasó en el Valle de Coachella, California, el periodista Gabriel Thompson exploró cómo las comunidades latinas de la región se han adaptado a una vida de miedos e incertidumbre durante la administración de Trump.
Coachella, Underground By Gabriel Thompson Feature Spending time in California’s Coachella Valley, journalist Gabriel Thompson explores how the region’s Latino communities have adjusted to a life of fear and uncertainty under a Trump administration.
A Journalist Takes Stock of His Formative Years By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight An experienced reporter looks back at the hard lessons he learned reporting from Eastern Europe during a politically tumultuous time.
Welcome to the New Transnational Paradigm By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The decline of national political authority requires a new transnational political system. First we have to stop denying the problem.
How Baltimore Police Abused Their Power By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force were celebrated for getting firearms off the street, until detectives discovered they were also robbing criminals of guns, drugs and money.
Did Brian Easley Have to Die? By Aaron Gell Feature A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.
Where Have You Hidden the Cholera? By Longreads Feature In Mozambique and around the world — and throughout history — cholera outbreaks have caused riots. Why? And what does it have to do with bicycles?
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