Is Conservative Life Behind the ‘Orange Curtain’ at an End? By Michelle Legro Highlight Democrats can flip Orange County, California, from red to blue, as long as they don’t mess it up.
The “Maddening Labyrinth” Aging NFL Players Face for Dementia Compensation By Krista Stevens Highlight George Andrie’s daughter, Mary Brooks, is speaking out against the NFL’s slipshod settlement claims process.
Zadie Smith on the Work and Influences of Deana Lawson By Danielle Jackson Highlight Lawson’s photographs capture the divinity and stateliness of its working-class subjects.
My Puppy, Myself By Sari Botton Highlight Jason Diamond moves into a new apartment and adopts a dog that begins terrorizing his neighbors.
A Kendrick Lamar Syllabus By Danielle Jackson Reading List The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
Could Paulette Jordan of Idaho Become the Country’s First Native American Governor? By Danielle Jackson Highlight In Idaho, former state representative Paulette Jordan faces a tough race to become the nation’s first Native American governor.
Unearthing the History of Lynching, One Story at a Time By Danielle Jackson Highlight The descendants of lynching victim Elwood Higginbotham learn the circumstances of his 1935 murder in Oxford, Mississippi.
“99 Luftballons” and the Grim Fairy Tales of ’80s West Germany By Ben Huberman Highlight On storytelling in the shadow of Chernobyl, U.S. military planes, and not-so-distant German history.
Before We All Teach Someone a Lesson By Catherine Cusick Highlight Online harassment gets out of hand constantly. Can prosocial bots help turn the tide of anonymous interactions before people become abusive?
Area Man Knows All About Fake News By Catherine Cusick Highlight But who’s Area Man? In an era of fake news crackdowns, satirical newspapers aren’t adding up.
Jared the Menace By Catherine Cusick Highlight Sloane Crosley faces the music. Jared’s music. Knock it off, Jared. Jared?! Jared!!!
Walking the Line in the Bekaa Valley By Ben Huberman Highlight A traveling crew of slackliners is trying to bring a moment of balance to young Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
The Best Food Is Somewhere Else By Catherine Cusick Highlight Why foodies, tourists, and investors love disappearing restaurants.
Bernadette Peters Is Not a Child By Catherine Cusick Highlight Even Bernadette Peters, as fearless and as formidable as ever, has been described for decades as cute and naïve.
“My Sparkling Brain”: Dealing with Multiple Sclerosis at Age 27 By Krista Stevens Highlight Meredith White finds a way to cope with the weight of knowing she has MS.
The Truth About Writing Fiction From Your Life By Sari Botton Feature A conversation about writing novels that have roots in reality.
Move Slow and Break Less By Catherine Cusick Highlight Mike Monteiro thinks more designers should refuse to move fast and break things.
Brendan Fraser’s #MeToo Moment By Sari Botton Highlight Actor Brendan Fraser reveals he was touched inappropriately — and says it’s behind why he vanished from the scene for more than a decade.
The Unexpected Reemergence of an Elusive Strain of Rice By Ben Huberman Highlight Hill rice was supposed to be extinct, until a South Carolina chef stumbled on it — in Trinidad.
Polar Exploration: The Story of Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight It’s -40F. Your mission? Travel 20 miles back to town on skinny skis while pulling a heavy sled over the frozen earth. Oh, by the way — you have 72 hours or you fail the exam.
You Don’t Have to Eat It By Catherine Cusick Highlight Kitchen karma comes for Irina Dumitrescu when her young son turns into the picky eater she used to be.
The Placeless and the Privileged By Ben Huberman Highlight On the macro forces that have made digital nomadism something more powerful, and more sinister, than just another “lifestyle choice.”
Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It By Ben Huberman Highlight The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.
Distraction is the New Censorship By Catherine Cusick Highlight Ideas don’t need to be deleted or redacted to be silenced. They can just be drowned out.
White Privilege on Loop By Catherine Cusick Highlight Ann-Derrick Gaillot traces how Vine’s shuttering last year disproportionately affected the careers of Black Viners.
Why Do Millennials Love Horoscopes? (Hint: It’s Not Only Because They’re Free) By Ben Huberman Highlight A new audience finds comfort and meme-ready material in an old pseudoscience.
Ten Books to Read in 2018 By Catherine Cusick Highlight We asked writers, editors, and booksellers to tell us about a few books they felt deserved more recognition last year.
How a 16-Year-Old Boy Was Locked Away Without a Mental Evaluation By Mark Armstrong Highlight An interview with ProPublica’s Sarah Smith about the continued neglect of the mentally ill.
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