Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
What happens when you give thousands of pedants a place online to let loose the full force of their passions? Something flawed, but beautiful.
Garbage Language: Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do?
Let’s drop a pin in this and take it off-line so we can futureproof the intiative with these key learnings and co-create innovative win-wins that require an omni-channel push but no critical ask. Actually, let’s not.
The End of Miss America
If only the actual Miss America were as gorgeous and erudite as this essay about the decrepitude of a stagnant pageant in a changing world.
The High-Stakes Fight Over Bolivia’s Lithium
“Bolivia has the largest known resources of lithium. Can it build an industry to supply the world’s growing demand?”
Hacking Diabetes
A network of amateur programmers is transforming the illness with a DIY app.
Between Russell Simmons and The World and Oprah
Russell Simmons moved to Bali to avoid the legal fallout from a litany of #metoo accusations, but that didn’t stop him from spending time, recently, in New York City. Veteran journalist Kevin Powell conducted many interviews with him there, attempting to understand his one-time idol’s perspective. In the wake of Oprah Winfrey’s withdrawal from producing On the Record — a documentary about Russell’s many alleged abuses — Powell wrestles with many difficult things: Russell’s attitude toward his accusers; the intersection of sexism and racism: toxic masculinity in hiphop; his own past mistakes; and Oprah’s mysterious choice to back out of the film.
Smorgasbords Don’t Have Bottoms
On publishing in the late 2010s.
Trust and Consequences
The government required him to see a therapist. He thought his words would be confidential. Now, the traumatized migrant may be deported.
My Journey Through Tijuana for the Best Surgery $2,000 Can Buy
In Tijuana, uninsured freelancers Amy Martyn and her husband Aaron pursue inexpensive orthopedic surgery for his doubly broken ankle. For both better and worse, they get what they paid for.
House of the Century
In this personal and critical essay, Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
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