Instacart: Shop ‘Til You Drop By Krista Stevens Highlight ‘“People are disposable to them,” Rachel says. “They don’t care.”’
Among the Last in An Iron Lung By Krista Stevens Highlight “He likes talking about polio and the lung, and about his life, because what terrifies him…is that the world will forget what polio was like, and what he achieved in spite of it.”
Caring Without Touching By Carolyn Wells Highlight “Everything about the way we work has been transformed.” Gavin Francis talks about life as a Scottish doctor during COVID-19.
Lloyd’s Mattress By Scott Korb Feature Scott Korb contemplates disgust — his own, yours — at the kind of magical thinking that promises (with fingers crossed) to protect us from all the causes of dying.
Brené Brown: ‘I think we’re looking for each other.’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “In a country where nobody can agree on much, we seem to agree on Brené Brown.”
Yes, The US Government Spies on US Journalists By Krista Stevens Highlight “If we do not know what our government is doing, we cannot hold it accountable. If we do know, our enemies know too. That can be dangerous.”
What Happens When You Go Offline By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Information Age is also the age of information overload. Here’s what one person learned about the human brain after cleansing himself of screens.
The Can That Was Supposed to Help Save a City By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The story of Chill-Can is the story of Youngstown, Ohio’s troubled approach to economic development.
The Lie of ‘One Last Time’ with My Ex By Ella Dawson Feature Ella Dawson learns about the perils of break-up sex the hard way.
The Lonely World of Family Life By Carolyn Wells Highlight “The boundaries between the worlds of families and everyone else in society seem to be getting more and more entrenched, and transgressing them is frowned upon.”
The ‘Accidental Hero’ Who Saved the Internet from WannaCry By Krista Stevens Highlight “That’s when her son came upstairs and told her, a little uncertainly, that he seemed to have stopped the worst malware attack the world had ever seen.”
Sharing Food to Feed A Family’s Soul By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Food feeds the body, but cooking for other people feeds human connections.
Self Portrait With iPhone By Pam Mandel Feature Newly single in her mid-50s, Pam Mandel swipes through dozens of selfies, including her own.
From Russia, With Malice By Krista Stevens Highlight “But there is another reason for the government’s alarmingly inadequate response: a president who sees attempts to counter the Russia threat as a personal affront.”
What Do We Do Without Live Music? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Those of us who live for musical performances must find other ways to temporarily live without them.
RIP Little Richard, the ‘Self-Proclaimed King and Queen of Rock & Roll’ By Krista Stevens Highlight There are miracles everywhere if you know where to look. And know how to listen: A wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!
How Covid-19 Could Reshape Urban Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Cities were vibrant, culturally rich places to live before the pandemic. We can only speculate about how cities will be after.
American Tests By Jakki Kerubo Feature In her quest to become truly American, Jakki Kerubo discovers what it means to belong in a place.
How China Censored Citizens and the Press on COVID-19 By Krista Stevens Highlight China maintains its swift, open response to coronavirus bought time for the world. Journalists, had their stories not been deleted, will tell you otherwise.
The Function and Language of Ancient Sexual Texts By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fascinating look at so-called obscenity, then and now.
Fear of Suffering Alone By Anne Liu Kellor Feature After separating from her husband and entering quarantine, Anne Liu Kellor faces her ongoing desire for a partner and the necessity of loving herself.
Following the North Star By Shaheen Pasha Feature Shaheen Pasha explores how the trauma of a loved one’s incarceration unravels her carefully planned-out existence, and sets her on a new, unexpected path to find meaning in the meaningless.
‘Hand to hand to hand’: How Coronavirus Spread Aboard the Diamond Princess By Krista Stevens Highlight “…the ship…provided the world’s best data set on the virus, confirming crucial facts about how the disease spread, especially through asymptomatic carriers.”
Scrap the To Do Lists By Carolyn Wells Highlight “If we’re lucky enough to be able to shelter in place and we’re not using that time to launch podcasts and personal projects and life-hack our way to some cargo-cult pastiche of normality, are we somehow letting the side down?”
Where ‘Strangers Whisper Secrets in Your Ear’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “Is there anyone who doesn’t sometimes imagine an audience for even the most unremarkable moments of her life?”
“Different Days” for Jason Isbell By Krista Stevens Highlight “I’m grateful that I was a drunk. I’m grateful that I know what all those things are like, what those feelings are like, how bad it can hurt, how great it can feel.”
The Shopper’s Dream of an Optimized Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The subscription-based business model saves customers time, but it doesn’t help you use that extra time for anything beneficial. In a way you’ll feel good about.
Funk Lessons in Sonic Solitude By Longreads Feature “Joi’s recorded performances embodied all the funkiness my little soul had been waiting for.”
Grieving, but Calmed by a Different Kind of Storm By Stephanie Land Feature In isolation, Stephanie Land finds surprising relief from PTSD — and discovers she is able to write again.
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