Teaching a Stone to Fly By Krista Stevens Highlight The perfect skipping stone has “lobes” that act as spokes, keeping the stone above the water.
‘Equality Keeps Us Honest’: Rebecca Solnit on the Ignorance of Privilege By Michelle Weber Highlight “This is why I always pair privilege with obliviousness; obliviousness is privilege’s form of deprivation.”
The Essay Will Feel Like It’s Killing You By Krista Stevens Highlight “Begin by writing about anything else,” says Porochista Khakpour, until she becomes conflicted about writing about being Iranian-American.
America’s Great Lake, or the Greatest Lake? By Pam Mandel Commentary At Outside, Stephanie Pearson explores Lake Superior’s extreme history, expanse, diversity, and dangers.
What Alex Jones and Amanda Chantal Bacon Have in Common By Michelle Legro Highlight A new profile of the Moon Juice entrepreneur reveals how the hippie left intersects with the conspiracist right.
The Great, Ongoing California Nut Caper By Krista Stevens Highlight At Outside, Peter Vigneron reports on a spree of nut heists thought to be linked to a Russian organized-crime ring.
A Chance Meeting With Mr. Rogers By Krista Stevens Highlight As it turns out, Fred Rogers was as kind and as wonderful in person as he was on television.
Learning to Swim in a Sea of Uncertainty By Katie Prout Feature Katie Prout was all set to teach her homeward-bound Navy Officer brother everything she learned in swim class. Then the Trump administration issued new orders.
If You Think You Understand the Montana Special Election, You Probably Don’t By Michelle Legro Highlight At Buzzfeed, Anne Helen Petersen has been reporting for months on the complex needs of state’s independent voter.
A Personal Odyssey Through Florida’s Varied Regions By Sari Botton Highlight Jason Diamond road trips from Jacksonville to Key West trying to get a handle on the state where much of his family has settled.
The Internet Won’t Prioritize Quality Without an Intervention By Catherine Cusick Highlight Ev Williams admits that the internet is broken and suggests course corrections, apologizing for Twitter’s role in putting Trump in the White House.
Sometimes a Tortoise Is More Than a Tortoise By Michelle Weber Reading List Meet Fred. He’s cold-blooded, beady-eyed, a picky eater, and likely to outlive us all.
The Birth of a City, In Fits and Starts By Michelle Weber Highlight Communities in Haiti are building their own post-earthquake infrastructure without the help of the government.
One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Some By Michelle Weber Highlight Although a lot about Donald Trump seemed antithetical to conservative Christianity, he got a larger percentage of the Evangelical vote than Bush, Sr., Reagan, or Carter. Why?
The Surprising Social Habits of Crows By Krista Stevens Highlight Crows are more than squawk rockets — they’re highly social creatures who, commute to work, mourn their dead, and show appreciation for kindness.
Putting Together the Pieces of Her Grandmother’s Mysterious Death By Michelle Legro Commentary For her essay in the New Yorker, Kate Daloz relied on a precious set of letters to tell the story of her grandmother’s abortion.
How ‘International Airbnb Style’ Became the Dominant Aesthetic of Our Time By Ben Huberman Highlight From Beijing to Helsinki, quirkiness never looked more identical.
How ProPublica and NPR Changed the Narrative About Maternity Care in America By Lyz Lenz Commentary Reporters Nina Martin and Renee Montagne go behind the scenes of their multi-part series on women who die in childbirth.
These Activists Say Marijuana is a Gift from God By Pam Mandel Commentary “But to bring cannabis to the region of the US where states are deeply red and religious and where pot is both a social taboo and a ticket to jail, Decker and others are harnessing their devotion to their faiths to evangelize for it.”
They’re (Almost) All Good Tweets, Brent By Michelle Weber Highlight Matt Nelson is a college sophomore who took WeRateDogs from spur-of-the-moment joke to data-driven fav-machine.
Not Really A Distant Aunt: My Family’s Slave By Krista Stevens Highlight “Once, when I was sick for a long time and too weak to eat, she chewed my food for me and put the small pieces in my mouth to swallow.”
The Tyranny of Free Time, or How to Be Bored In Fiji By Michelle Weber Highlight Mary Mann lays bare what most travelers are loathe to admit: it’s just as easy to be bored in Paris or on Bora Bora as it is at home.
Nyet to Harm Reduction: Russia’s HIV Epidemic By Krista Stevens Highlight In Yekaterinburg, the fourth largest city in Russia, one in 50 are HIV positive, half of which are due to intravenous drug use.
Dorothy Allison on How America Devalues Those Who are ‘Other’ By Krista Stevens Highlight Dorothy Allison on how American culture “inherently devalues the poor, the working class, the darks, the queer, the other.”
Young African Artists Lead Nuanced Conversation about Race in America By Danielle Jackson Commentary Taiye Selasi, Yaa Gyasi, and Toyin Ojin Odutola expand notions of blackness with layered, nuanced artwork.
A Love Affair with a Prince Soundtrack By Danielle Jackson Highlight Veteran music journalist Michael Gonzales reflects on a long love affair and Prince’s deep, varied catalogue of hits.
Viral, Yet Ephemeral: Death On Your Cellphone By Michelle Weber Highlight China’s WeChat app has become a place to both mourn death and share graphic videos of the moment itself.
Playing Football to the Beat of Their Own, Literal Drummer By Michelle Weber Highlight Gallaudet University has tensions between its deaf and hearing students, but the deaf football team brings the campus together.
The Doctor Dolittle of the Upper West Side By Krista Stevens Highlight Bowel-obstructed bunnies, lame ducks, and festering iguanas at Manhattan’s only exotic animal vet.
Travel Writing for Americans Who Stay Home By Pam Mandel Commentary An editor reflects on a career in travel writing, even as Americans travel less and are exposed to less diversity.
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