Sold! On Going (Once!) to Auctioneer School By Krista Stevens “Five dollar now five gidibid five dollar now ten gidibid ten, ten now fifteen digibigit now fifteen now fifteen gidibid, now twenty?”
1600 Days in Solitary Confinement, and Counting By Krista Stevens “She continued to write me, though she presumably risked retribution: more time in solitary, more nutraloaf, additional restrictions.”
Chasing Spies From the Couch By Carolyn Wells Discover a website that solves crimes without its members ever leaving home.
A Beautiful and Brutal Truth By Michelle Weber “I only know that it is incredibly sad to admit to your children that you’ve been seeing videos of black men being killed since you were their age and that you haven’t been able to stop it.”
‘Shots fired. Male on ground, bleeding out.’ By Michelle Weber When “Who gets to go jogging without getting shot?” is an actual question a society has to ask, that society is fundamentally flawed.
One of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s ‘Unsalvageables,’ 30 Years Later By Krista Stevens “Even children with treatable issues—perhaps they were cross-eyed or anemic, or had a cleft lip—were classified as ‘unsalvageable.'”
How To Make $1000 PER DAY From ANYWHERE In The World!!! Totally Not Shady! By Carolyn Wells Selling products you never see to people you never meet — the world of dropshipping.
Godspeed Your Journey to the Great PlayPlace In the Sky By Michelle Weber “Once the love-language of a brand to its audience, the place of a modern mascot has never been less sure-footed.”
If You Love the Music of the Carter Family, Thank Leslie Riddle By Michelle Weber “First, you exclude black people from the festivals. Then write them out by not recording them. And pretty soon, ‘you have this manufactured image of country music being white and being poor.'”
Palliative Brownies By Krista Stevens “I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”
Hearing Voices By Aaron Gilbreath Even after he quit smoking marijuana, one young college student couldn’t escape the auditory hallucinations that he’d first experienced during heavy use.
Four Stories from Wuhan By Krista Stevens “From the moment my mother died, I haven’t stopped thinking about how I could have saved her.”
COVID-19 and the Fight for Justice By Krista Stevens “And yet, even though this health crisis reflects our nation’s political, social, and civic infrastructure, this plague has no consideration for morality. “
Rout the Racism From Your Very Bones By Michelle Weber “What are you carrying dormant in your body that springs up when confronted with Black joy, Black power, Black brilliance, Black Blackness in the world?”
The PTSD of Everyday Life By Michelle Weber The mental and physical toll of life in a white supremacist state is unavoidable for BIPOC, even if it manifests differently for different people.
Life in the Chelsea Hotel During Pandemic By Aaron Gilbreath The remaining residents face isolation, and the challenges of preserving their history while enduring the present.
India’s Journalistic Source of Narrative Nonfiction By Aaron Gilbreath The dangers of journalists speaking the truth will not slow this Indian magazine down.
The Spectacular Explosion of Cannabis’ Ambitious Startup MedMen By Aaron Gilbreath This is how part of cannabis industry came down from its high.
Japan’s Lonely Cherry Blossoms By Aaron Gilbreath Millions of people turn out to see Japan’s famous sakura blossoms. This year, Covid-19 kept the usual crowds at home, though the blossom makes a fitting metaphor for evanescence.
Jericho Brown: ‘Write into the Deep Dark Wreck’ By Krista Stevens “I grow green with hope. I’d like to end there.”
How Travel Writing May Look After the Pandemic By Aaron Gilbreath Although people will always travel and write about their experiences, it remains unclear how the travel writing form will look after Covid-19.
How Covid Is Decimating British Music Journalism By Aaron Gilbreath What will England be like with fewer music magazines?
Risking Your Life For a Selfie By Carolyn Wells “With the right hashtag, anyone can view thousands of potential destinations — and choose which to visit based on aesthetics alone.”
Rosanne Cash: Living Between the Notes On Stage By Krista Stevens “It turns out that when I’m performing, I have only half the available light; the audience has the other half.”
Instacart: Shop ‘Til You Drop By Krista Stevens ‘“People are disposable to them,” Rachel says. “They don’t care.”’
Among the Last in An Iron Lung By Krista Stevens “He likes talking about polio and the lung, and about his life, because what terrifies him…is that the world will forget what polio was like, and what he achieved in spite of it.”
Caring Without Touching By Carolyn Wells “Everything about the way we work has been transformed.” Gavin Francis talks about life as a Scottish doctor during COVID-19.
Brené Brown: ‘I think we’re looking for each other.’ By Krista Stevens “In a country where nobody can agree on much, we seem to agree on Brené Brown.”
Yes, The US Government Spies on US Journalists By Krista Stevens “If we do not know what our government is doing, we cannot hold it accountable. If we do know, our enemies know too. That can be dangerous.”
