A Fearless Activist in a Land of Thugs

Natalya Estemirova is gone now. Her executioners forced her into a car in front of her home in Chechnya and sped away with her on Wednesday morning. She managed to shout that she was being kidnapped, her last known words documenting the beginning of the crimes against her, just as she had documented crimes against uncountable others.

Published: Jul 17, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,168 words)

I Was a Baby Bulimic

I have neither a therapist’s diagnosis nor any scientific literature to support the following claim, and I can’t back it up with more than a cursory level of detail. So you’re just going to have to go with me on this: I was a baby bulimic.

Published: Jul 15, 2009
Length: 29 minutes (7,447 words)

Winning the Good War

Why Afghanistan is not Obama’s Vietnam.

Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 15 minutes (3,943 words)

Autism as Academic Paradigm

The unacceptable ways we sometimes talk and think about the autism spectrum.

Published: Jul 13, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,782 words)

Why Cory Booker Likes Being Mayor of Newark

Source: Time
Published: Jul 27, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,678 words)

Grave offenses at Arlington National Cemetery

A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 16, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,417 words)

Who you calling a “midget”?

Little people take a stand against the offensive word — and a world that thinks it’s OK to mock them

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 16, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,604 words)

Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate

Author: Marc Lynch
Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Jul 13, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,049 words)

Meghan McCain Will Be Heard

The daughter of the former presidential candidate is proving that you can rally for gay marriage and still be Republican.

Source: Out
Published: Jul 1, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,556 words)

Where I’m Calling From

Author: Ariel Leve
Source: Granta
Published: Jul 15, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,690 words)