When ‘Angels in America’ Came to East Texas

Homophobia and religiosity divided the town of Kilgore, Texas over the famous play. The divisions also helped liberate some local citizens, allowing them to define their own worldviews apart from that of their parents’.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Oct 14, 2019
Length: 27 minutes (6,989 words)

The American Road Trip: Patriotism

From a naturalization ceremony to a Slipknot concert, Jacqui Shine travels the United States to understand what it means to be patriotic.

Published: Oct 28, 2019
Length: 27 minutes (6,854 words)

How the U.S. Betrayed the Marshall Islands, Kindling the Next Nuclear Disaster

We tested dozens of nuclear bombs on an around the Marshall Islands, then pushed all the radioactive debris into a crater and covered it with a concrete dome. A concrete dome that hasn’t aged well, even before rising sea levels added another layer of threat.

Published: Nov 10, 2019
Length: 23 minutes (5,953 words)

A Dying Town

Texas’ rural hospitals are closing in record numbers, and without access to medical help in an emergency, Texans’ lives are in danger.

Source: Texas Observer
Published: Nov 4, 2019
Length: 18 minutes (4,652 words)

The Power of Boundaries

Sharing our personal lives bonds us with other people. Sharing can also allow people to take advantage, especially in the digital age. It’s up to us to determine how much sharing, and how much listening, are too much.

Author: Sara Eckel
Published: Oct 14, 2019
Length: 14 minutes (3,506 words)

28-Day Rehab Doesn’t Work For Everyone

Source: HuffPost
Published: Nov 4, 2019
Length: 6 minutes (1,629 words)

Don’t Be a Jerk to Your Online Humor Editor

McSweeny’s Internet Tendency editor Chris Monks catalogues some of the rudest responses to his rejections of humor writers’ submissions to the site.

Source: Vulture
Published: Nov 4, 2019
Length: 6 minutes (1,627 words)

The Spiritual Path at Fat Camp

After a ten-year relationship ends painfully, Mona Kirschner finds herself searching for emotional and physical healing at a weight loss center in Brazil.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 8, 2019
Length: 20 minutes (5,102 words)

California Burning

A year after the Camp Fire, Tessa Love contemplates home, California’s undoing, and what it means to belong.

Author: Tessa Love
Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 7, 2019
Length: 17 minutes (4,384 words)

Adam Neumann and the Art of Failing Up

WeWork’s chief risk-taker found a kindred spirit with an open checkbook: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. Now he’s walking away from the wreckage with more than $1 billion.

Published: Nov 2, 2019
Length: 11 minutes (2,750 words)