Twenty Years Later, The Dude Still Abides By Krista Stevens Highlight Despite being nominated for Academy Awards seven times throughout his career, Jeff Bridges doesn’t mind forever being Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski.
Why Industrial Laundry Is Dirtier Than You Can Imagine By Krista Stevens Highlight When industrial laundry workers weren’t touching human feces, they had to deal with third-world working conditions and sexual harassment.
Ursula K. Le Guin, Literary Legend and Cat Blogger By Krista Stevens Highlight Ursula K. Le Guin may no longer publish fiction, but that hasn’t stopped her from writing.
The Oldest Restaurant in Kabul: Where Tradition Trumps Rockets By Maija Liuhto Feature For over 70 years, Bacha Broot, located in the center of the Old City of Kabul, has been serving chainaki — savory lamb stew — despite Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban.
On Why Joni Mitchell Deserves Her Due By Krista Stevens Highlight Carl Wilson argues that her genius has been overlooked for far too long, because of her gender.
‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Has Made Traditional TV Recaps Obsolete By Ben Huberman Highlight How do you talk about a weekly TV show that defies narrative order?
Five Houstonians, Five Days in a Flood Zone By Michelle Weber Highlight A team of journalists from Houston drive home the fear, confusion, and destruction of Harvey.
Plasma For Sale (Used) — $20 a Pop By Krista Stevens Highlight Sarah Smarsh’s brother has sold his plasma for the last decade to make ends meet under mounting credit card debt and student loans.
Like Sheep to the Sanitized Slaughter Zone By Michelle Weber Highlight “Turkey, in all of its modernist efforts, is just covering up the smell of its own shit.”
The Subtleties of Electrocution By Michelle Weber Highlight Taser claims its products are safe, and police claim to use them appropriately…but 1000 people are dead.
On Syrian Doctors and Borders: America’s Loss is Canada’s Gain By Krista Stevens Highlight How a Syrian physician got caught in the web of Trump’s travel ban and found a new, welcoming home in Canada.
Who’s Trying to Monopolize Mary Jane? By Krista Stevens Highlight Amanda Chicago Lewis tries to track down the people behind BioTech Industries, a company trying to get strict, blanket utility patents on pot.
Moonshine: The Black Tradition of Distilling ‘White Whiskey’ By Ben Huberman Highlight If craft food culture looks overwhelmingly white, it’s because black influences have been routinely scrubbed from its history.
Grenfell Tower: London, England’s ‘Katrina Moment’ By Krista Stevens Highlight How gentrification, apathy, and government negligence failed the residents of Grenfell Tower.
Here at the End of All Things By Adrian Daub Feature On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Befriending My Iranian Instagram Hacker By Krista Stevens Highlight Professor Negar Mottahedeh gets some insight into her former homeland after an Iranian hacker steals her Instagram identity.
Everyone’s Welcome, But Some People Are More Welcome Than Others By Michelle Weber Highlight “Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”
A Roll of the Immigration Law Dice By Michelle Weber Highlight Captain Noorullah Aminyar has been in detention for three years now, his asylum application subject to a system of immigration law both complex and capricious.
If Clean Food Is for Everyone, Why Are Its Gurus All Young, Pretty Women? By Ben Huberman Highlight How gendered marketing tropes continue to fuel the latest lifestyle fads.
Why the Most Beautiful Poems Defy Understanding By Krista Stevens Highlight “In a poem, we feel what is there, but also what is not.”
Corals and Crabs Get Moonstruck, Too By Ben Huberman Highlight For many marine species, moonlight is both aphrodisiac and metronome. Yet scientists have only recently started to study it seriously.
An Ode to Dishwashers, the Unsung Heroes of the Restaurant Kitchen By Mike Dang Highlight As Emeril Lagasse puts it, “You can’t have a successful service in a restaurant without a great dishwasher.”
The Other National Pastime: Unusual Baby Names By Ben Huberman Highlight “Brayden” and “Nevaeh” have got nothing on their 17th-century predecessors, “Waitstill” and “Supply.”
The Brief Career and Self-Imposed Exile of Jutta Hipp, Jazz Pianist By Longreads Feature Europe’s “First Lady of Jazz” moved to New York in 1955, played for five more years, then disappeared — while royalty checks piled up with her record label.
Cory Taylor Answers Your Questions About Dying By Krista Stevens Highlight To help demystify dying, Cory Taylor answers questions about what it’s like to have a terminal illness.
Miles to Go Before You Sleep By Michelle Weber Highlight “When the safety crew came to retrieve him, Brandon was adamant he’d been underground for two full days. In reality, he’d only been below for twelve hours.”
‘Everyone is Guilty All the Time’ By Michelle Weber Highlight Is prosecuting crimes about justice, or conviction rates? In Shelby County, Tennessee, the answer isn’t so clear.
The War on Drugs Is a War on Women of Color By Longreads Feature Women of color are disproportionately targeted by the war on drugs and broken windows policing.
The Editor Who Brought Julia Child to America By Ben Huberman Highlight Judith Jones, the legendary Knopf editor, has died at the age of 93.
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