How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon
Some people, like self-proclaimed experts Matt Behdjou and Mike Gazzola, claim to make thousands of dollars selling cheap products from China on Amazon. But not everyone is successful.
The West Coast Jazz Revival
Jazz originated in New Orleans, but the jazz talents who moved near the Pacific Ocean created two thriving periods of musical activity that challenged New York as the center of jazz. Now a new generation of innovators like Kamasi Washington and Flying Lotus are breaking musical boundaries, while jazz programs and nonprofits are reinvigorating the genre.
Cowards and Accomplices
A personal essay in which, in light of her own family’s experience during the Holocaust, Judith Hertog considers her ethical responsibilities in today’s world.
The Rise of the Mindful Museum
When you meditate at the art museum, you appreciate neither the meditation or the art: discuss.
James Baldwin’s Harlem Through a Child’s Eyes
Gabrielle Bellot on James Baldwin’s children’s book, Little Man, Little Man, written for his nephew, Tejan: “[It] brings to life many of Baldwin’s arguments as it dissolves rigidly drawn lines between children’s and adult literature.”
How to Think About Empire
The Boston Review interviews author Arundhati Roy on the global rise of ethno-nationalism, digital surveillance,and political dissent.
How a DNA Testing Kit Revealed a Family Secret Hidden for 54 Years
A personal essay by memoirist Dani Shapiro about discovering, accidentally through DNA testing, that the father she knew was not her biological parent. In the piece she advocates for the rights of children produced through assisted reproduction, after decades in which those of parents and donor prevailed, and children were kept in the dark about their true parentage.
The Hunted: What Happens When You Say No to MS-13
A terrifying investigation into the MS-13 gang and its effect on a Long Island town. Some teens were recruited; those who refused to join were brutally attacked with machetes, and then inexplicably targeted for deportation by ICE.
Pan Am Flight 103: Robert Mueller’s 30-Year Search for Justice
Today, Robert Mueller heads the investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election. At Wired, Garrett M. Graff reports on one of Mueller’s perhaps lesser known but nonetheless fascinating and insightful previous assignments: at one time, Mueller oversaw the US’ investigation into the the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America.
Lauren Hough recounts a decade of bizarre, bittersweet, and dangerous jobs she was assigned while working as a cable tech in the Virginia suburbs.
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