The mystery of how a con man created a nonprofit to steal millions of dollars.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly: The NBA’s Secret Addiction
The secret sweet and salty comfort food that fuels the NBA? None other than the lowly, delicious, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Sam Kriss, in a post he calls his “magnum opus” in The Outline, explores the age-old warning not to stare directly at the sun.
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MAWA! The Christian Alt-Right Wants to Make America White Again
Sarah Posner introduces some of the main players in “alt-right Christianity” in her exploration of American Evangelicals’ embrace of Trump.
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On Being Trans, Disabled and Using the Washroom: ‘I have a right to exist safely in public spaces.’
Christian McMahon so rightly reminds us that everyone has “a right to exist safely in public spaces.”
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Searching for the Lost on Public Land
At Outside, the disappearance of a teenage runner in Colorado brings up the question: Who searches for the people who disappear on American public lands?
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Who’s Been Seeding the Alt-Right? Follow the Money to Robert Mercer
Jane Mayer profiles hedge fund manager, alt-right supporter, political funder, and Ayn Rand-wannabe Robert Mercer in the New Yorker.
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Am I in an Abusive Relationship? ‘I knew if I had to ask I already knew the answer.’
Katherine Laidlaw recalls an abusive relationship in which her boyfriend threatened her with a boxcutter.
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Don’t Fear the Painter, or the Tyranny of Whiteness
In Chromophobia, David Batchelor explores color theory and argues for the West’s historical fear of color.
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‘Happy 1396’: Porochista Khakpour on Feeling Apprehensive this Nowruz, the Persian New Year
“This year, once Nowruz announced itself to me, I wanted to forget it.”