Prison: A Death Sentence by Poison By Krista Stevens Nearly a third of all US federal prisons are located within three miles of a Superfund site; 134 are located within one mile.
The Palette is Political By Michelle Weber There is little in the world that is not in some way political, including YouTube makeup tutorials.
If You Think Billy Joel Will Never Write Another Song, You May Be Right By Krista Stevens Billy Joel is totally over it.
Arizona’s Aquifers Are a Laboratory of Our Dry Future By Aaron Gilbreath After large corporate farmers started growing nuts in one southeastern Arizona, local residents’ wells started going dry. The situation is only getting worse.
Big Pharma Has No Comment, But Would Still Like All Your Tax Dollars By Michelle Weber From 2008 to 2016, the amount that state Medicaid programs spend on prescription drugs almost doubled. Why?
Understanding Adrian Piper’s Probing Body of Work By Danielle Jackson Adrian Piper’s body of work encourages audiences to think critically about race, gender, and power, and to engage with their own perceptions.
I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club By Michelle Weber We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.
What should we do this weekend, go to the movies or sail a handmade raft to Polynesia? By Michelle Weber Don McIntyre is not a man who shies away from a challenge — an understatement if there ever was one.
That’s All, Folks! The End of the Blockbuster Era in Alaska By Krista Stevens At the end of July, no one in Alaska will be able to “Make it a Blockbuster Night!”
Should We Really Confide in Siri? By Krista Stevens People share their feelings with Siri all the time. What’s scary is that Siri is really listening.
Why Is Australia Deporting So Many Maori and Pacific Islanders? By Aaron Gilbreath Why are 60% of the New Zealanders deported from Australia Maori or Pacific Islanders?
Defined by Want By Michelle Weber Three meals a day don’t erase the scars of a childhood marked by hunger, violence, and loneliness.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Was Born Today in 1862 By Danielle Jackson Pioneering investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born July 16, 1862.
The Castration Heard Around the World By Aaron Gilbreath Lorena and John Wayne Bobbit’s famous castration story remains relevant twenty-five years after the incident, and just as painful.
Welcome to the Jungle By Michelle Weber As Caitlin Moran explains, there are Bad Men, and then there are Badly Educated Men.
Losing the Middle Ground By Katie Kosma More families are having only two children, leaving an entire culture to fade away: middleborns.
Accountability for the Algorithms By Krista Stevens Tim Berners-Lee: “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it.”
The Big Unsolved Mystery of Little Marjorie West By Katie Kosma The unsolved mystery of a 1938 kidnapping continues to befuddle in Pennsylvania.
‘Wild With Love’: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on the Portraits of Henry Taylor By Danielle Jackson Henry Taylor’s portraits are sacred objects that lovingly center black subjects and black interiority.
Some Like It Hot By Aaron Gilbreath The history of the chili pepper is entwined with the history of Chinese Communism and the fiery temperament of the Sichuanese people, but why?
The Town That Camp Built By Krista Stevens “Key West’s brand of camp reflects Wolkowsky’s understanding — never on the nose, always sideways, a place where anonymity feels like an innate right.”
Where Everybody Knows Your Pronouns By Michelle Weber Camp Lost Boys has hiking, canoeing, and in-depth discussions about toxic masculinity.
The Path to Healing is Lined with Small Bursts of Sweetness By Michelle Weber Aaron Hamburger’s essay in Tin House, “Sweetness Mattered,” was our top longread of the week last week, and with good reason.
You Don’t Move to Sarasota, the Spirit Moves You By Krista Stevens “In Sarasota, there is a community surrounding a litany of roadside psychics and more than 100 mediums and spiritual guides. Why?”
Introducing ‘Fine Lines,’ a Series About Age and Aging By Sari Botton A new essay and podcast series examines how attitudes toward age and aging have changed.
Why Some Protected Natural Areas Should Remain Off-Limits By Aaron Gilbreath One of the best ways to protect the world’s oldest, largest trees is to conceal their location.
You’re Not Clean Until You’re 110% Clean By Michelle Weber Narcotics Anonymous programs offer community support — but turns away people who are using medication to aid their recovery.
How Brooklyn Lost Itself By Aaron Gilbreath On the way from the old Brooklyn to the new branded, post-industrial Brooklyn, the city got lost.
The Law Is No Place for Ethics By Michelle Weber The SCOTUS opinion upholding the Muslim ban might not be legally wrong, but shouldn’t the court look at what is just as well as what is legal?