The Big Unsolved Mystery of Little Marjorie West By Katie Kosma Highlight The unsolved mystery of a 1938 kidnapping continues to befuddle in Pennsylvania.
‘Wild With Love’: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on the Portraits of Henry Taylor By Danielle Jackson Highlight Henry Taylor’s portraits are sacred objects that lovingly center black subjects and black interiority.
Some Like It Hot By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The history of the chili pepper is entwined with the history of Chinese Communism and the fiery temperament of the Sichuanese people, but why?
The Town That Camp Built By Krista Stevens Highlight “Key West’s brand of camp reflects Wolkowsky’s understanding — never on the nose, always sideways, a place where anonymity feels like an innate right.”
Where Everybody Knows Your Pronouns By Michelle Weber Highlight Camp Lost Boys has hiking, canoeing, and in-depth discussions about toxic masculinity.
The Path to Healing is Lined with Small Bursts of Sweetness By Michelle Weber Highlight Aaron Hamburger’s essay in Tin House, “Sweetness Mattered,” was our top longread of the week last week, and with good reason.
You Don’t Move to Sarasota, the Spirit Moves You By Krista Stevens Highlight “In Sarasota, there is a community surrounding a litany of roadside psychics and more than 100 mediums and spiritual guides. Why?”
My Brother Comes to Moscow By Keith Gessen Feature ‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’
The Country Where Fútbol Comes First By Candace Rose Rardon Feature Uruguay, a small nation with a deep-seated passion for soccer, is the inspiration for any underdog vying to win a World Cup.
Gone Gray By Jessica Berger Gross Feature Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.
Why Some Protected Natural Areas Should Remain Off-Limits By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight One of the best ways to protect the world’s oldest, largest trees is to conceal their location.
You’re Not Clean Until You’re 110% Clean By Michelle Weber Highlight Narcotics Anonymous programs offer community support — but turns away people who are using medication to aid their recovery.
How Brooklyn Lost Itself By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight On the way from the old Brooklyn to the new branded, post-industrial Brooklyn, the city got lost.
The Law Is No Place for Ethics By Michelle Weber Highlight The SCOTUS opinion upholding the Muslim ban might not be legally wrong, but shouldn’t the court look at what is just as well as what is legal?
Gene Therapy: God Discusses Its Future Possibilities By Katie Kosma Highlight Unraveling the potential of the double helix could render many of our current medical modalities laughable.
The Little Franchise That Couldn’t By Michelle Weber Highlight Ollie Gleichenhaus cooked up a mean hamburger. How come Americans are eating Big Macs and Whoppers instead of Ollieburgers?
The Good Guys Aren’t Always the Good Guys By Michelle Weber Highlight “About 50 of the 800 women housed at Rosie’s at any one time are being sexually victimized by staff.”
White Men On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown By Katie Kosma Highlight The ruling minority of white men are getting nervous about impending destabilization of their power.
Letters from Trenton By Thomas Swick Feature While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
Our Future Success Depends on Rocks from the Sky By Michelle Weber Highlight Steve Curry’s meteor-hunting hobby went from business to obsession to a connection with Cliven Bundy, and eventually landed him in jail after an armed standoff with law enforcement.
Waiting for Mental Health Care By Catherine Cusick Highlight Patients do ask for help with their mental health. And then they wait.
Nothing But Time and Tides and Salt and Mud and Warren Ellis By Michelle Weber Highlight Once described by 8th century Mercian king Offa as “a terrible place,” it’s an odd, out-of-the-way part of the world.
Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples By Anne Thériault Feature If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.
Forced to Perform As Aretha Franklin By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How soul singer Mary Jane Jones was forced to perform as Aretha Franklin before she took control of her life and career.
How to Be Single By Shelly Oria Feature Shelly Oria shares a manual for life after you’ve left your husband and your girlfriend.
How Southern Cities Are Joining the Knowledge Economy By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Greenville, South Carolina has revitalized its city center by incubating start-ups. Can other Southern cities do the same?
The Section 8 Cannabis Eviction Problem By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Although many states legally allow the use of medical marijuana, federal law still prohibits its possession in federally subsidized housing, so many residents live in fear of eviction.
Sometimes a Coat Is Just a Coat, and Sometimes It Ruins a Kid’s Life By Michelle Weber Highlight Sixteen-year-old Sanders, an autistic high school student, was put through an extensive “threat assessment” (aka, “We think you might be the next school shooter”).
Can the Political Override the Personal? By Michelle Weber Highlight “Harmful to Minors” author Judith Levine mines her past contradictions to sketch out the challenge of a being a young woman simultaneously burgeoning into her feminist and her sexual selves.
Making Peace with Selective Reduction By Amber Leventry Feature When risks arise in her partner’s pregnancy with triplets, Amber Leventry discovers that letting go of one life doesn’t have to mean losing faith, or love.
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