A Visit to Opioid Country By Aaron Thier Feature Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
A Birth Plan for Dying By Hanna Neuschwander Feature Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.
Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici By Anne Thériault Feature Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.
The Next Level of Commitment: Revealing our Money Secrets By Vanessa Golenia Feature Vanessa Golenia contemplates the ins-and-outs of merging finances as the higher earner — and bigger spender — in her (heterosexual) relationship.
‘The Very Top Guy in the Stasi was Personally Involved in Figuring Out How to Destroy Punk.’ By Will Hermes Feature Author Tim Mohr talks about East Germany’s dissident punk rock scene, and its role in bringing down the Berlin Wall in 1989 — the story behind his remarkable new book, ‘Burning Down The Haus.’
Speak Truth to Power By Longreads Feature We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.
Finding Comfort in Small Spaces By Jessica Gross Feature Jessica Gross considers her preference for certain types of confinement.
A Prescription for Forgetting By Diane Mehta Feature Diane Mehta tries to manage anxiety with meditation that requires her to discard all her memories.
Rob Delaney and His Son’s Cancer By Katie Kosma Highlight Actor and writer Rob Delaney shares his family’s experience with every parent’s nightmare: a very sick child.
How the Chinese Government is Eradicating a Species and a Way of Life By Krista Stevens Highlight How the Chinese government has turned a herding minority into performers for tourists.
Living in a Tree House: Sybil Rosen Remembers Blaze Foley By Krista Stevens Highlight “And if I’ve learned anything from Blaze Foley, it’s that memory is like a thought: it weighs nothing. You can’t even hold it in your hand.”
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth By Longreads Feature “There’s an idea that laborers end up in their role because it’s all they’re suited for. What put us there, though, was birth, family history — not lack of talent for something else.”
Ten Translations of Care By Mary Wang Feature Mary Wang recalls the ways in which she and her family in China conspired to hide her grandmother’s cancer diagnosis from her.
The Miracle of the Mundane By Longreads Feature In an excerpt from her new essay collection, Heather Havrilesky calls for tuning out the online cacophony telling us we aren’t enough, and tuning in to the soul-affirming, quiet truth of the present moment.
Mega-drought and Me By Zoe Fenson Feature As California gets drier, a woman entering her 30s reflects on PCOS, pregnancy, and her desire to have children.
There’s No Discrimination in Baseball! By Katie Kosma Highlight Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game.
Do You Want to Know a Secret: The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney By Krista Stevens Highlight “Imagine realizing one day that you’re a Beatle. Think about how you might decide to handle that for the next 50, 60, 70 years.”
Florida, White Privilege, and Racism By Krista Stevens Highlight My origin story—as a son, and later a father and a husband; as a citizen, a racist— has always begun in a crumpled car at the side of the highway. May 30, 1982.
The Columbine Generation Isn’t Going to Take it Anymore By Krista Stevens Highlight The Parkland survivors are teaming up with urban youth dedicated to ending gun violence, united by Dr. Martin Luther King’s six principles of nonviolence.
Weighing the Costs — and Occasional Benefits — of Ethnic Ambiguity By Aram Mrjoian Feature Aram Mrjoian reflects on his experiences of being part Armenian in America.
SuperShe Island: Where Finding Your Inner Light is Priceless By Krista Stevens Highlight Apparently there is no shortage of women who want to apply to pay $5000 to find their inner light.
To Post, or Not to Post? By Eloghosa Osunde Feature Eloghosa Osunde contemplates the role of marginalized artists in online activism.
Stripped: The Search for Human Rights in US Women’s Prisons By Adam Skolnick Feature The US prison system is broken. It sucks up billions of dollars each year and destroys lives. Could a Thai princess and an accidental criminal justice reform activist in the Pacific Northwest have the answers?
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity By Longreads Feature How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
A Long, Lasting Influence on Educational Equity By Anna Katherine Clemmons Feature As the Philadelphia Eagles start the 2018-19 NFL season, defensive end Chris Long is also committed to making wins off the field by creating educational equity for students in the United States.
Pathologizing Black Communities: Chicago Violence Receives the Wrong Attention By Katie Kosma Highlight Homicide rates in Chicago’s black communities receive a disproportionate amount of media attention in an ongoing tendency to sensationalize and pathologize their residents.
Viagra: The Happiest of All Happy Accidents? By Krista Stevens Highlight How a happy accident has gone on to make men happy the world over.
