The former Dallas police chief is familiar with loss: Violence took his son, younger brother, and former partner. His response to the killing of five officers last July was inspiring. He’s not done giving back.
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Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
A Sociology of the Smartphone
Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Pulse Nightclub Was My Home
On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Edgar Gomez reflects on what a safe haven the club was for him and others — maybe even shooter Omar Mateen.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Twinless in Twinsburg
Anya Groner examines her experience of being an identical twin through the lens of an annual Twins Day festival she attended without her sister.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Curing My Flight Anxiety, One Book Tour at a Time
Novelist Jami Attenberg discovered a surprise antidote to the anxiety that plagued her each time she had to get on a plane to promote a book.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
A Heart That Watches and Receives
“Please don’t give up on the truth.” A commencement address by author and historian Hampton Sides.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Witness to Other People’s Lives, Not Living My Own
Unhappiness Cloak: An excerpt from “Weird in a World That’s Not,” by Jennifer Romolini.
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White Men
What do we get from our parents? An inheritance always comes with a tax.
Posted inHistory, Story
The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee
For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.
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Pee and Fury: Testing the Limits of Bladder Control
Scary late-night noises in a hotel hallway force Nina Sharma to question her ability to sleep through fear — and the frequent, raging urge to relieve herself.