How Offshore Banking Destroyed Everything By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight This is the story of how a handfull of mega-rich ended up hoarding most of the world’s wealth.
The Miracle of the Mundane By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her new essay collection, Heather Havrilesky calls for tuning out the online cacophony telling us we aren’t enough, and tuning in to the soul-affirming, quiet truth of the present moment.
Mega-drought and Me By Zoe Fenson Feature As California gets drier, a woman entering her 30s reflects on PCOS, pregnancy, and her desire to have children.
There’s No Discrimination in Baseball! By Katie Kosma Highlight Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game.
Do You Want to Know a Secret: The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney By Krista Stevens Highlight “Imagine realizing one day that you’re a Beatle. Think about how you might decide to handle that for the next 50, 60, 70 years.”
A Mystery Shrouded in an Enigma Wrapped in a Snazzy Tie and Smothered in Inherited Wealth By Michelle Weber Highlight Who is Tucker Carlson?
Let Them Eat Pancakes By Michelle Weber Highlight Employer loyalty is nice, but people can’t actually their pay bills with it.
Florida, White Privilege, and Racism By Krista Stevens Highlight My origin story—as a son, and later a father and a husband; as a citizen, a racist— has always begun in a crumpled car at the side of the highway. May 30, 1982.
The Columbine Generation Isn’t Going to Take it Anymore By Krista Stevens Highlight The Parkland survivors are teaming up with urban youth dedicated to ending gun violence, united by Dr. Martin Luther King’s six principles of nonviolence.
Weighing the Costs — and Occasional Benefits — of Ethnic Ambiguity By Aram Mrjoian Feature Aram Mrjoian reflects on his experiences of being part Armenian in America.
SuperShe Island: Where Finding Your Inner Light is Priceless By Krista Stevens Highlight Apparently there is no shortage of women who want to apply to pay $5000 to find their inner light.
The Deep, Confounding Joys of Music By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Even the greatest philosophical minds can’t figure out why music gives us such pleasure, only that music does.
‘Mami’s biggest lesson’: On Storytelling and the Weight of Words By Danielle Jackson Highlight The author learned how to tell stories from her psychic mother.
To Post, or Not to Post? By Eloghosa Osunde Feature Eloghosa Osunde contemplates the role of marginalized artists in online activism.
Inside the Belly of the Beast: How the Burmese Python is Decimating Bird and Small Mammal Populations in Florida By Krista Stevens Highlight If you live in Florida, you better keep tabs on your cat, lest it fall prey to the invasive, 18-ft long Burmese python hiding under your bushes.
Take Two $275 Herbal Supplements and Don’t Call Me in the Morning By Michelle Weber Highlight Looks like you’ve got late-stage Patriarchal Medicine Syndrome. I’m so sorry.
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity By Longreads Feature How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
A Cover That Could Launch a Million Retweets By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What does a magazine cover mean in the digital age?
Graduate School is Wonderful and We Are All Very, Very Happy By Michelle Weber Highlight Avital Ronell is both product and perpetuator of an abusive academy.
The Africans Who Suffer in a Deportation Purgatory By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Under the Trump administration, African immigrants are experiencing increasing deportations, though these deportees receive less media attention than deportees from Mexico and Central America.
Pathologizing Black Communities: Chicago Violence Receives the Wrong Attention By Katie Kosma Highlight Homicide rates in Chicago’s black communities receive a disproportionate amount of media attention in an ongoing tendency to sensationalize and pathologize their residents.
Viagra: The Happiest of All Happy Accidents? By Krista Stevens Highlight How a happy accident has gone on to make men happy the world over.
Russian Malware Is Really Killin’ It Lately By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When Russia attacked Ukraine with sophicated malware in 2017, it caused over $10 billion dollars worth of damage and revealed the whole world’s vulnerabilities.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger Was the Newest Member of the Gym By Ben Huberman Highlight From his earliest days in California, Arnold was a polarizing, impossible-to-ignore figure.
Breast Implants, Beyond Real and Fake By Ben Huberman Highlight Nell Boeschenstein reflects on the culturally fraught discourse around post-mastectomy reconstruction.
‘I was pain incarnate.’ By Krista Stevens Highlight As she lives with terminal cancer, Teva Harrison reflects on how fentanyl is helping her make the most of the time she has left.
The Man Without a Nose By Krista Stevens Highlight Cancer may have claimed Steve Bean Levy’s nose, but not his sense of humor.
Pair These Wines With Armageddon and Veal By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A California cult had more success producing award-winning wine than sustaining their religion, so why are thousands of bottles gathering dust in a storeroom?
Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.
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