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Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, profile, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Writing

The Alarmist: Is One of the Pandemic’s Loudest Scientific Voices Helping or Hurting Public Health?

by Seyward Darby December 8, 2020October 19, 2022

Meet Eric Feigl-Ding, the town crier of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Podcasts, Writing

Trapped in Limbo Down Under

by Seyward Darby December 7, 2020October 19, 2022

In Australia, some 30,000 people live in a state of legal uncertainty crafted by politicians.

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Secret Group Trying to Topple North Korea’s Regime

by Seyward Darby November 24, 2020October 19, 2022

Has the U.S. government already betrayed the activists seeking regime change in North Korea?

Posted inCurrent Events, investigations, Nonfiction, Story

Inside the Chaos of Immigration Court

by Gabriel Thompson September 22, 2020October 19, 2022

Gabriel Thompson takes us into San Francisco Immigration Court and the labyrinthine system that asylum seekers—and attorneys and judges—are up against.

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Posted inNonfiction

How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries

by Irina Dumitrescu August 20, 2020October 18, 2022

A professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses.

Posted inNonfiction

Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral

by Yxta Maya Murray August 19, 2020November 4, 2022

In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.

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Posted inNonfiction

“Do You Get Shit for Your Name?”

by Osama Shehzad August 13, 2020November 4, 2022

When your name is Osama and you’re living in post-9/11 America, you always know The Question is coming.

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Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Feature, History, Nonfiction, Sports, Story

The Endgame of the Olympics

by Dvora Meyers August 7, 2020November 4, 2022

What if the Olympic Games never come back?

Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Profiles & Interviews, Science & Nature, Story

Notes for a Post-apocalyptic Novel

by Frederick Reimers August 5, 2020November 4, 2022

When things get hard, we look to our most fundamental relationships. This is the story of a son, a father, a camper van, a pandemic, and the ties that bind.

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 23, 2020October 19, 2022

A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.

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