Junot Diaz on The Legacy of Childhood Trauma By Krista Stevens Highlight Junot Diaz suffered for years after being raped by a trusted adult at age 8.
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.
Our Bodies, Our Selves By Sari Botton Highlight Roxane Gay tapped 24 writers to address what it’s like to live in an “unruly” body today.
Leslie Jamison Fesses Up By Krista Stevens Highlight Leslie Jamison reveals the role lying has played in her life.
“99 Luftballons” and the Grim Fairy Tales of ’80s West Germany By Ben Huberman Highlight On storytelling in the shadow of Chernobyl, U.S. military planes, and not-so-distant German history.
A Clarifying Dose of Reality (TV) By Valentina Valentini Feature A try-out for American Idol put Valentina Valentini permanently off fame-seeking.
Elderly Japanese Women Are Turning to Crime to Find Companionship in Prison By Krista Stevens Highlight For some elderly women in Japan, prison offers companionship and a life free from worry.
Sharp Women Writers: An Interview With Michelle Dean By Natalie Daher Feature On Didion, Arendt, Malcolm, Ephron and other women writers who made an art of having an opinion.
Queens of Infamy: Eleanor of Aquitaine By Anne Thériault Feature Life gets busy when you have empires to build and marriages to annul.
The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.
My Own ‘Bad Story’: I Thought Journalism Would Make a Hero of Me By Steve Almond Feature Steve Almond considers his beginnings in journalism through the lens of the ‘bad stories’ he believes delivered our country to the Trump era.
The Religion No One Talks About: My Search For Answers in an Old Caribbean Faith By Sarah Betancourt Feature Writer Sarah Betancourt explores her connections to Espiritismo and Santeria.
Bending the Straight Line of Queer History By Manuel Betancourt Feature Recent novels by Alan Hollinghurst, John Boyne, and Tim Murphy experiment with the idea of progress over time.
The Amateur Investigators of the American West By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When 66-year-old Bill Ewasko got lost near Joshua Tree National Park, the case spawned a network of amateur investigators obsessed with finding him.
Who Does She Think She Is? By Laurie Penny Feature The internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the internet allows them to do it faster, harder, and with impunity.
Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar By David Fettling Feature Now what I remember most about my guide is what he said about the Rohingya. But I walked 50 kilometers with him before he said it.
California Governor Jerry Brown Is Retiring By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After 40 years of public service, California Governor Jerry Brown is retiring. This is the story of his last days.
The Year of the Jumpsuit By Sari Botton Highlight A political art project calls for everyone to wear nondescript coveralls.
Growing Up Around Funeral Homes Didn’t Prepare Me for Death By Jodie Briggs Feature As the daughter of a funeral director, Jodie Briggs thought she knew all about death. Then her dad almost died.
Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?
With a Rent-Stabilized Lease, Finding the Line Between Luck and a Life Sentence By Eryn Loeb Feature Eryn Loeb recalls the tiny, decrepit tenement where she lived for a decade, and the cool aunt who passed it on to her.
My Dog is 10.3% Supermutt By Krista Stevens Highlight Because she wants to know everything about him, Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker.
It’s Time for Real Talk About Aliens By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight No time in human history has presented clearer, more compelling evidence that something unexplained is interacting with human beings, be they aliens or UFOs.
The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval By Longreads Feature Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
Drowning In a River of Murky Thought By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After his high school friend drowns, a young academic’s mind leads him down a dark path of conspiratorial explanations.
Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals By Ellen Wayland-Smith Feature Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.
How Do You Control One of Nature’s Biggest Rivers? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Mississippi River’s infrastructure is aging, and no one can agree who should fix it.
Climate Change Is Personal for These Alaskan Women By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Here are the voices of the Alaskans threatened by climate change.
‘Forgive Yourself. And Forgive Me.’ By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver considers what lessons to take from a late uncle’s life.
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