The Soundtrack to Hell By Krista Stevens Highlight “Not only was the whine agitating—EHHNNNNNNNN—but its constant drone was like a cruel mnemonic for everything that bothered him.”
The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed” By Krista Stevens Highlight Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.
A Town Split By a Play About the 1980s AIDS Epidemic By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Sometimes art can challenge viewers enough to change them. Sometimes art just makes the narrow-minded angry.
How to Stay Out of Your Editor’s ‘Jerks’ File By Sari Botton Highlight Rule one of freelance writing: accept rejection with grace.
The Beauty of “Bl-Bl-Bl-Blue Moon” By Krista Stevens Highlight As a society, we need to challenge our assumption that stammering makes someone somehow deficient.
What Hockey Gives and What Hockey Takes Away By Krista Stevens Highlight Hockey is good for the heart and soul, but treacherous for the brain.
“Labor-Saving” Kitchen Gadgets End Up Creating More Work for Women By Ben Huberman Highlight Instand Pot: great. Dover eggbeater? Not so much.
Reporter Uncovers Airbnb Scam. Airbnb Shrugs, Pockets Money By Krista Stevens Highlight Oh by the way, Airbnb makes money on cancellations, too.
The Misidentification of Raheme Malik Perry By Krista Stevens Highlight When a hospice takes a man off life support in a case of mistaken identity, who is responsible?
David Letterman Is Truly Sorry By Sari Botton Highlight Ten years after calling Letterman out for creating a hostile work environment for women, Nell Scovell gets to talk with him about it.
Airbrushing Out the Evidence of Her Son’s Differences By Sari Botton Highlight Are you really achieving representation for your child with special needs if you’re only sharing the upbeat, attractive photos on social media?
As Impossible and Imperfect as Translation By Krista Stevens Highlight “But poetry…has helped me to find new meaning within and across linguistic boundaries.”
The Misconception of the Wild By Carolyn Wells Highlight Leo Schwartz finds out what lessons can be learned from the burned-out Oregon backcountry.
Meet Michael Gillespie, the Ransomeware Superhero of Normal, Illinois By Krista Stevens Highlight Michael Gillespie has automated a way to decrypt ransomeware, and he gives his code away for free just to help people in need.
Seagulls Who Eat People Food Poop People Food on Protected Lands By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Fast food is killing the human world. Now it could be killing California gulls’ protected island habitat.
Alaska’s Law Enforcement Crisis By Krista Stevens Highlight When troopers finally do arrive, violent offenders just hide until they leave.
Hard Shell Tacos Aren’t As Hardcore Gringo As You Think By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The origins of hard shell tacos are hazy, but certain things are clear.
Encrypted Phones, By Criminals, For Criminals By Krista Stevens Highlight How a criminal-turned-crime-blogger got the notice of the most notorious drug trafficking duo in Scotland.
Memorializing a Glacier and Hoping for the Future By Sari Botton Highlight Iceland holds a funeral for Okjökull, once a glacier, now “dead ice.”
We’re All Tourists Now, So Let’s Stop with the Endless, Tedious Quests for Authenticity By Ben Huberman Highlight In Iceland, overtourism has transformed the island in a few short years — and locals and visitors alike try to grapple with the change.
Olympic Destroyer: The Cyberattack on the 2018 Winter Games By Krista Stevens Highlight It was Russia, in the cybertubes, using stolen passwords, a secret backdoor, and layers upon layers of false flag cloak work meant to stump security analysts.
Life After Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight One day, Ge Gao’s right hand stopped working. Then the pain started, and it’s never stopped.
The Reality of Being Sick and Alone By Carolyn Wells Highlight Diagnosed with breast cancer, Anne Boyer discusses the treatment that is poisoning her body.
The Great Fiber-Optic Fraudster of Alaska By Krista Stevens Highlight To this day, only Elizabeth Pierce knows why she defrauded partners and investors by forging contract signatures.
Same Sh*itty Media Men, Different Day By Sari Botton Highlight Rebecca Traister asks how NBC can possibly change its misogynist culture if it keeps the same bad actors at the top.
Korean Director Bong Joon-ho on How to Laugh in the Face of Horror By Krista Stevens Highlight Korean director Bong Joon-ho on his new film, Parasite
Not Homeless Enough for Assistance, But Still Without a Home By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The working homeless exist in a modern purgatory.
Is it Possible to be Child-Free and Content? By Carolyn Wells Highlight While motherhood is the natural path for many women – others simply don’t want to take it on.
Can Tech Become Ethical, If It Learns to Be Mindful First? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Is tech disrupting spirituality, or is spirituality finally disrupting tech?
