A Rare Toy Heist, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight In 2017, the theft of a rare toy — a Boba “Rocket” Fett prototype that was never released for sale — rocked the Star Wars collecting community.
How the Pacheco Family Pivoted From Baking Bread to Burying the Bodies By Krista Stevens Highlight “For now, though, he has no plans to become a baker again.”
‘The South Is Different Now. So Are We.’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight On two tours of the South, taken 20 years apart, Pete Candler uncovers truths about his family and the place he comes from.
“The Glitter-scurfed Frappuccinos” Is Totally the Name of My New Band By Michelle Weber Highlight Don’t disrespect the fish. Or do! It’s your dinner.
“White” Isn’t Even Neutral When You’re Talking About Paint Colors By Michelle Weber Highlight Your systems will not protect you.
Deciphering the Language of the Body in China By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In China, a British expat learns a whole new way to speak with her body.
‘We All Live in the Great Database in the Sky’: On Silicon Valley and UFO Culture By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight “The idea seems to be that we all live in the great database in the sky, occasionally summoning aliens with our minds.” Emily Harnett explores Silicon Valley’s appropriation of UFO culture.
Diabetes in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley: ‘The Inevitable Inheritance’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “We’re literally cutting people’s limbs off, when they could just be taking medication. It’s kind of crazy in a developed country.”
Make Way for Meera By Michelle Weber Highlight She bounded up a mountain humans can only slog up, and she’s the second-best dog in the world (after your dog, obv).
Maintaining Mental Health as a Rescuer in the Grand Tetons By Krista Stevens Highlight “What was important was that each of us had been there; we all, in another way, had blood on our hands—we had all shared the same experiences. We needed each other.”
Fox & Friends in High Places By Catherine Cusick Highlight Trump’s friends are like family. And Trump hires his family.
It’s All In the Wrist (and the Blatant Lying) By Michelle Weber Highlight In these troubling economic times, you can’t amass a giant art collection without robbing a few hundred museums any more.
The Beautiful Politics of the Backyard Barter System By Krista Stevens Highlight “My farm connects me to the world, the ground, its air, its water, its fauna, and people. In an introvert-kind-of-way. Which is to say, my-kind-of-way.”
What’s a Good Hourly Wage for Developing PTSD? By Michelle Weber Highlight Asking for a friend called Facebook.
Choosing Amputation Over Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight Swimmer Morgan Stickney opted to amputate her leg below the knee to get off of opioids and get back in the pool after a seemingly innocuous foot injury and the ensuing complications left her in pain.
At Glen Mills Schools, the Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves By Michelle Weber Highlight “Nathan quickly learned that counselors preferred to bash boys’ heads into the door of the refrigerator at the back of Lincoln Hall, hearing the distinct thud and his classmates’ screams from the next room over.”
‘Premonitions Are Impossible, and They Come True All the Time’ By Kelly Stout Highlight What if the prediction of your death could bring it about?
How Do You Shepherd If You’ve Never Had a Sheep? By Michelle Weber Highlight “You couldn’t have a particular friendship with a man, because you might end up being homosexual. And you couldn’t have a friendship with a woman, because you might end up falling in love.”
‘What Happened to You While You Were Gone?’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “There is beauty to be found in mining hidden histories, but also, in letting them rest.”
Stovetop Revenge By Michelle Weber Highlight Black women take power where they can find it, and sometimes that’s in a pot of hot, skin-searing grits.
The Problem of Too Many Hotels, Too Many Parties, and Too Many Tourists In Tulum By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight From over-development to contaminated cenotes, the problems continue to pile up in the Mayan paradise formerly known as Tulum.
When Accepting Support Feels Like Becoming a Burden By Catherine Cusick Highlight When Ijeoma Oluo offers to buy her aging white mother a home, her mother worries she’s become a burden.
A Moral Center In a Decayed Ethical Universe By Michelle Weber Highlight “The best thing I did was simply respect him.”
Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Are we sacrificing our childrens’ inner lives by protecting them too much?
There’s a Fine Line Between “Discovering” and “Interloping” By Michelle Weber Highlight It’s only “discovery” if you assume the place — or the people — has no meaningful existence apart from your visit. Surprise: you’re not that important.
Written On the Body: One Family’s History By Krista Stevens Highlight “We, as family, got so much from their trash. I never wanted to forget that I was the janitor’s kid before I was anything else.”
How Do We Read in a Digital World? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Digitization has changed the way readers experience literature — and examine themselves.
Health Care Sponcon: Where Big Pharma Meets Instagram Influencer By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Health care and medical sponsored content from influencers is growing on Instagram. But is it ethical?
‘It’s a Perfect Profession for a Con Artist’ By Michelle Weber Highlight Personal assistant? Start-up founder? Professional long-lost sister? No, Southern Baptist pastor.
Who You Were Is Who You Are Is Who You Will Be By Michelle Weber Highlight Some of the trappings might change, but you at 27 is fundamentally you at 37 is you at 47. La plus ça change!
