Captured by Coal

Federal law requires coal companies return mining lands to their original condition. This three-part series examines the destructive impact of coal mining on Texas and Texans, and how the state is helping the struggling coal industry pollute the land and save millions on clean-up.

Published: Oct 30, 2019
Length: 46 minutes (11,632 words)

To Have or Not to Have Children in the Age of Climate Change

An environmental journalist struggles to reconcile her desire to be a mother with the effect procreation has on the warming planet she writes about.

Source: Sierra Magazine
Published: Nov 1, 2019
Length: 10 minutes (2,521 words)

The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right

Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same.

Source: Politico
Published: Nov 3, 2019
Length: 22 minutes (5,700 words)

A Test With No Answer

No procedure exists that can prove virginity, yet dangerously unscientific virginity tests occur regularly — even in the United States. Marie Claire, in partnership with the Fuller Project, investigates the controversial exams and the gray area surrounding them that endangers both patients and medical professionals.

Source: Marie Claire
Published: Oct 30, 2019
Length: 19 minutes (4,750 words)

White Magic

“Though it is the subtext of savagery that animates narratives around witches, white women who take up the mantle of witch magic rarely understand themselves to be engaging in Indian or savage play.”

Author: Lou Cornum
Source: The New Inquiry
Published: Feb 5, 2018
Length: 11 minutes (2,963 words)

“Hot Topic”: The Complete Annotated Lyrics

A guide to the 57 champions of queer feminism name-dropped in Le Tigre’s most joyous song.

Author: Tammy Oler
Source: Slate
Published: Oct 31, 2019
Length: 21 minutes (5,260 words)

Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story?

“Ten authors on the most divisive question in fiction, and the times they wrote outside their own identities.”

Source: Vulture
Published: Oct 30, 2019
Length: 20 minutes (5,189 words)

How to Unlearn Everything

“When it comes to writing the “other,” what questions are we not asking?”

Source: Vulture
Published: Oct 30, 2019
Length: 9 minutes (2,461 words)

The Name Change Dilemma

Hannah Howard considers tradition, identity, and love as she navigates the decision whether to keep her name after her wedding.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 1, 2019
Length: 9 minutes (2,420 words)

The Instant Pot Understands the History of Women’s Labor in the Kitchen

The history of domestic cooking is littered with useless gadgets that were supposed to make home cooks’ lives easier, and failed. The Instant Pot is a rare exception.

Author: Bee Wilson
Source: Bustle
Published: Oct 29, 2019
Length: 19 minutes (4,794 words)