Bike mechanics have historically been a mostly male group, but a group of Canadian women is changing that and increasing access for female cyclists.
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Keith Davis
Fisheries observer Keith Davis monitored fishing vessels on international waters, devoting his life to protecting the seas — until he went missing. At Hakai Magazine, Sarah Tory reports on his disappearance.
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Keith Davis
Fisheries observer Keith Davis monitored fishing vessels on international waters, devoting his life to protecting the seas — until he went missing. At Hakai Magazine, Sarah Tory reports on his disappearance.
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In Defense of Facts: What Is the Essay?
When does fact become fiction? William Deresiewicz on essays, embellishment, and the slippery slope of “truthiness.”
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“Discourse Is a Battleground”
Yusaf Khalil interviews Syrian scholar Yasser Munif about the roots of the Syrian civil war and how the West is trying (and failing) to help.
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Lost in Japan
Sarah Miller travels to Japan to learn more about sochu, and ends up learning more about her own limitations as a traveler.
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When a YouTube Video Almost Made the Modular Smartphone Happen
The story of Google’s groundbreaking, buzz-generating modular smartphone — aka Project Ara — from bang to whimper.
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Strange Women: Vancouver’s Female Punk Visionaries
Connie Kuhns’s spotlight on revolutionary female musicians who creates Vancouver’s underground music scene was a National Magazine Award finalist.
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Near-Death Experience as Training to Care for the Dying
In The New York Times Magazine, Jon Mooallem has a moving profile of doctor B.J. Miller, a triple amputee since an accident in his sophomore year of college, who’s now developing something he’s calling The Center for Dying and Living.
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Over 40 Years in “Closed Cell Restricted”: How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary
At The New Yorker, Rachel Aviv profiles Albert Woodfox, a man originally sentenced to 50 years in prison for robbery. A member of the Black Panthers and the Angola 3, Woodfox spent over four decades in solitary confinement, despite a stunning lack of evidence against him in a prison murder.