Category: Nonfiction

Being an outdoorsy person doesn’t make you a conservationist, sadly.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jessica Bruder, Garrett M. Graff, Suleika Jaouad, Gulnaz Saiyed, and Daniel Riley.

“But what if extreme athletes are the worst sources of wisdom, and that is precisely what makes them fascinating?”

Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?

The Bundys have found momentum in the Trump era. Ryan Bundy is running for governor and politicians are joining the Bundys at public events. They say they’ll do “whatever it takes” to defend their rights.

A Teen Vogue series covers women getting involved in government at various levels.

A look into the Bundy family’s history reveals how they began to distrust the federal government. From nuclear testing programs in the 1950s to the decades-long Sagebrush Rebellion starting in the 1970s, Cliven Bundy came to believe that the government was out to get him and became emboldened to fight back.

On the lowest paid, but perhaps most rewarding job at The California Medical Facility — a medium-security prison in Vacaville, CA.

To save threatened shorebirds, one pharmaceutical biologist had to figure out how to save the crabs they depend on.

The Bundy family’s belief that they are defenders of liberty have been shaped by their Mormon faith, but their convictions are connected to a prophecy that the modern Mormon church does not accept as church doctrine. A book of photocopied scripture and speeches by LDS prophets also gives clues to their motivations.

Maybe healing your body and Mother Earth with crystals extracted by environmentally dubious means isn’t the best approach to healing.

Cliven Bundy and his sons led two armed standoffs against the federal government and beat them twice in court. The Bundys and their supporters see themselves as Patriots fighting government overreach. Others see them as domestic terrorists rallying extremists and conspiracy theorists to their side. What is the truth?

Journalist Mithila Phadke navigates polyamory while falling in love for the first time.

A survey of recent reads says that psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and LSD are not only enjoying a renaissance — they might actually be helpful to humans.

How one London man transformed his house into a work of art, and a physical love story to the people he’s lost.

At Smithsonian Magazine, Rachel E. Gross explores why keeping your pet cat inside is for the birds.

Democrats can flip Orange County, California, from red to blue, as long as they don’t mess it up.

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow, Brooke Bobb, Dom Cosentino, Jia Tolentino, and Robert Silverman.

George Andrie’s daughter, Mary Brooks, is speaking out against the NFL’s slipshod settlement claims process.

Artists are always getting screwed, even by other artists.

The seven stops on the bus lead one resident to an understanding about the way he views his neighbors.

An unexpected pregnancy not long after her troubled mother’s passing forces Ashley Abramson to navigate a kind of dual citizenship she couldn’t have anticipated.

Morgan Jerkins tackles the time-worn question of how far is too far to go in revealing yourself in first-person writing.

Jason Diamond moves into a new apartment and adopts a dog that begins terrorizing his neighbors.

One elderly man’s attempt to combat crushing loneliness.

Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.

Flashy hooligans like Moll Cutpurse and Long Meg sported broad-brimmed hats, wore “ruffianly short locks,” and carried swords. Other women lived quietly in secret same-sex marriages.

Does each of your children represent a novel you’ll never write? Michael Chabon is okay with that.

A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.

Steven Church discovers his own fragility and limitations in these five discussions with his son.