Radical Candor and Radical Comfort: The Road to Danish-ness By Michelle Weber Highlight A bit embarrassed, I ask to be excused, to go to the bathroom “real quick.” “You can also do it real slow!” he shouts as I walk away.
In Foreign Territory, Wondering: Who is the Alpha Monkey? By leighshulman Feature Leigh Shulman learns the meaning of home and belonging when she volunteers at a monkey refuge with her nine-year-old daughter.
Hard Lessons in Living Off the Grid By Longreads Feature A family tried to build its own sustainable paradise in Hawaii. Then Tesla’s batteries came to town.
The Case for Believing Women Who Are In Pain By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Sixteen percent of women suffer from a condition you’ve probably never heard of.
Whose Fault Was Dunkirk? By Longreads Feature For years, historians have blamed King Leopold of Belgium. But did they fall for Allied propaganda?
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.
How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons By Rachel Hoge Feature At a convention for stutterers, for the first time Rachel Hoge finds herself among many just like her.
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.
Overseas Elite: The Team Dominating the Single-Elimination, Winner-Take-All Basketball Tournament By Matt Giles Commentary The Basketball Tournament has its own Golden State Warriors—meet Overseas Elite, a team of ex-college and pro stars who can’t be stopped.
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.
Inside the World Famous Suicide Race By Matt Giles Commentary Should a reporter editorialize practices that are essential to the lifeblood of a native community?
‘They Used Deadly Force to Subdue Her’ By Sari Botton Highlight An excerpt of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color,” about the violent ways police have frequently treated black women with mental illness.
Cherokee Artist Jimmie Durham: Not Cherokee By Pam Mandel Highlight The work of artist Jimmie Durham relies heavily on Native American themes. Durham is not Native American.
The Arsonist Was Like a Ghost By Longreads Feature It was the thirtieth fire in less than two months. Who was trying to burn down Accomack County?
Diet Is a Four-Letter Word By Krista Stevens Highlight Taffy Brodesser-Akner explores America’s history of obsession with thinness and her own struggles with her body.
‘A Boy with No Backstory’: One Teenager’s Transition By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight For three years, Casey Parks chronicled the life of Jay, a transgender teenager in Washington State. This is the first installment in a three-part series for the Oregonian.
New York City’s Housing Emergency By Catherine Cusick Highlight New York City is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
Making Your Own Appointment to Die By Krista Stevens Highlight When someone you love has a fatal disease and chooses to die on their own terms, how do you cope?
Femme (Fashion) Fatalities By Michelle Weber Highlight “We fought for years so you didn’t have to dress like that.”
The Uncomfortable Discoveries That Come with Home DNA Testing Kits By Mike Dang Highlight Home DNA testing kits are making it easier for people to learn more about who they are, but they often come with surprising results.
My Mongolian Spot By Longreads Feature An ephemeral birthmark is a rare gift, connecting me to generations spanning the centuries.
Scaramucci’s Removal Evokes White House Turmoil During the Reagan Years By Matt Giles Commentary Anthony Scaramucci resigned after just 10 days as White House communications director. Turns out, he also set a record previously held by a member of Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Why Fiction Haunts Us: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Ghosts By Krista Stevens Highlight Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about how ghosts and authors of fiction share a similar role in today’s culture.
‘You Wouldn’t Think the Ashes of a Man Would Be So Heavy’: Remembering Sam Shepard By Sari Botton Highlight Remembering the late actor and playwright Sam Shepard.
The Boy With the Coin-Filled Cellophane Cigarette Wrapper, and Me By Amber Leventry Feature Meeting an apparently less fortunate child in her daughter’s kindergarten class transports Amber Leventry back to her own painful youth.
Inside the Content Machine By Pam Mandel Highlight “…the viral is becoming more viral, and websites are mousetraps, and content the cheese,”
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