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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
“Hot Topic”: The Complete Annotated Lyrics
A guide to the 57 champions of queer feminism name-dropped in Le Tigre’s most joyous song.
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.”
How to Unlearn Everything
“When it comes to writing the “other,” what questions are we not asking?”
The Name Change Dilemma
Hannah Howard considers tradition, identity, and love as she navigates the decision whether to keep her name after her wedding.
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.
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