Extra Life: How I was Saved by Video Games
Scott C. Jones on being repeatedly molested as a child and how video games have helped him to navigate years of living with self-doubt.
Blood Cries Out
On a Missouri farm, two families worked the land side by side, until a murder shattered their American dream.
Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality.
Ivy League schools love stories of underprivileged students overcoming all the odds to make it to the top, so that’s what T.M. Landry fed them — at the expense of the students themselves.
Party Monsters
The era Peak Television has segued directly into the Nadir of Criticism, and it’s not good for anyone.
Writing to Avoid Erasure
After finding a note left by his grandfather, Aram Mrjoian considers how writing about the Armenian diaspora could help prevent history from being forgotten.
Beneath The Surface Of Bruce Springsteen
At Esquire, Bruce Springsteen talks to Michael Hainey about Trump’s divisive politics, raising kids to become solid citizens, how to learn to deal with the baggage of your upbringing to be the person you truly want to be, and how, at age 69 after two serious bouts of depression, he’s still figuring it all out, just like the rest of us.
Yesterday Is a Wild Parrot
While his father recovers from heart surgery, a son spends time with him at home and tries to make sense of his father’s hallucinations and confusion. This story was named a “Notable Essay” in Best American Essays 2018.
‘I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother’
Officer Stephen Mader chose not to shoot R.J. Williams, choosing instead to de-escalate. He was right — Williams’ gun wasn’t loaded, so he was never a real threat — but another office on the scene shot him anyway. And then Mader got fired.
Perversion of Justice
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly assaulted dozens of underage girls, many repeatedly. His plea deal led to just 13 months in jail, was kept from his victims, and protects his abettors from prosecution. The prosecutor who approved the deal is now the U.S. Labor Secretary. How?
‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser
Text messages between Les Moonves and a struggling Hollywood manager named Marv Dauer reveal how the two men traded favors to cover up a sexual assault allegation. Moonves directed Dauer to delete the messages to cover his tracks. Dauer insists he was doing whatever he could to get parts for his clients.
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