On the Origins of the Word ハーフ, or Hafu (Half): Belonging and Not Belonging at Once By Danielle Jackson Highlight Nina Coomes unpacks the origins and legacies of the Japanese word hafu, or half.
An Igbo Slaver’s Descendants Reckon With History By Danielle Jackson Highlight Adaobi Tricia Nwaumbani reveals her Igbo great-grandfather’s history with the transatlantic slave trade.
Purple Pain By Matthew Miles Goodrich Feature In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.
Earth to Gwyneth Paltrow By Krista Stevens Highlight Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s health and wellness empire, is being forced to address accusations of deceptive advertising.
Powerful On the Beam or Off By Michelle Weber Highlight Aly Raisman is a six-time Olympic medalist. She’s a survivor of abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar. And now, she’s an activist.
She’s Not Just a Girl in the World By Michelle Weber Highlight She’s a rock star, and a mom, and a tomboy, and a wife, and a study in contradictions.
How Japan Deals with the Remains of Your Days By Krista Stevens Highlight In Japan, business is booming for those who clean out apartments after people die.
Prison: A Death Sentence by Poison By Krista Stevens Highlight Nearly a third of all US federal prisons are located within three miles of a Superfund site; 134 are located within one mile.
Eight Things You Need to Know About Me and the Beach By May-lee Chai Feature A white woman came up to my mother, leaned in close and said, “We whites have to stick together against the Asian invasion.” My mother was ecstatic. “She liked me! They like me here!”
The Rub of Rough Sex By Chelsea G. Summers Feature Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
The Palette is Political By Michelle Weber Highlight There is little in the world that is not in some way political, including YouTube makeup tutorials.
How to Stay Married After Your Baby is Born, or, I’m not Divorced Yet By Longreads Feature An excerpt of ‘Now My Heart is Full,’ Laura June’s memoir, about the challenges new parenthood placed on her and her husband — and their marriage.
Mind the Dog’s Feet By ChibunduOnuzo Feature After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
If You Think Billy Joel Will Never Write Another Song, You May Be Right By Krista Stevens Highlight Billy Joel is totally over it.
Arizona’s Aquifers Are a Laboratory of Our Dry Future By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After large corporate farmers started growing nuts in one southeastern Arizona, local residents’ wells started going dry. The situation is only getting worse.
Big Pharma Has No Comment, But Would Still Like All Your Tax Dollars By Michelle Weber Highlight From 2008 to 2016, the amount that state Medicaid programs spend on prescription drugs almost doubled. Why?
I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club By Michelle Weber Highlight We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.
What should we do this weekend, go to the movies or sail a handmade raft to Polynesia? By Michelle Weber Highlight Don McIntyre is not a man who shies away from a challenge — an understatement if there ever was one.
We Have Always Lived in the House By Victoria Comella Feature In the face of tragic loss, Victoria Comella searches for the home she left behind, only to find it seventeen years later in the last place she expected.
That’s All, Folks! The End of the Blockbuster Era in Alaska By Krista Stevens Highlight At the end of July, no one in Alaska will be able to “Make it a Blockbuster Night!”
Should We Really Confide in Siri? By Krista Stevens Highlight People share their feelings with Siri all the time. What’s scary is that Siri is really listening.
Searching for Caravaggio in the Kitchen By Michelle Weber Highlight Is food nourishment, or art, or both?
Why Is Australia Deporting So Many Maori and Pacific Islanders? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Why are 60% of the New Zealanders deported from Australia Maori or Pacific Islanders?
Defined by Want By Michelle Weber Highlight Three meals a day don’t erase the scars of a childhood marked by hunger, violence, and loneliness.
Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate By Jabeen Akhtar Feature As a teen, Jabeen Akhtar discovered that trying to be an exceptional immigrant can make you do stupid things.
The Castration Heard Around the World By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Lorena and John Wayne Bobbit’s famous castration story remains relevant twenty-five years after the incident, and just as painful.
Welcome to the Jungle By Michelle Weber Highlight As Caitlin Moran explains, there are Bad Men, and then there are Badly Educated Men.
Losing the Middle Ground By Katie Kosma Highlight More families are having only two children, leaving an entire culture to fade away: middleborns.
Accountability for the Algorithms By Krista Stevens Highlight Tim Berners-Lee: “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it.”
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts By Sadia Hassan Feature A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
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