Trees, Familial

After spending years trying to break free of her past, a young woman visits her grandmother’s childhood home, as she tries to understand why she now cares where she came from, and what it means to be a branch on a family tree.

Source: The Journal
Published: Nov 13, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,304 words)

An American Killing: Why Did the U.S. Park Police Fatally Shoot Bijan Ghaisar?

And one year later, why havn’t the Park Police released any information about their shooting of this young unarmed American? Here’s what we know.

Source: Yahoo News
Published: Nov 16, 2018
Length: 25 minutes (6,286 words)

Do You Even Bake, Bro?

Bread-making wasn’t really in need of disruption, but that’s never stopped Silicon Valley before.

Source: Eater
Published: Nov 19, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,300 words)

The Best Way to Save People from Suicide

Can simple human connection in the form of short letters and texts help suicidal people to find hope for their lives?

Published: Nov 15, 2018
Length: 47 minutes (11,802 words)

Jonestown’s Victims Have a Lesson to Teach Us, So I Listened

“Peoples Temple was a hugely influential part of black San Francisco at one time, embedded so deeply that middle schoolers like my mom took time to check it out.”

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Nov 16, 2018
Length: 16 minutes (4,144 words)

Divided We Stand

As partisan divides in the U.S. grow into partisan chasms, maybe it’s time for a trial separation.

Published: Nov 14, 2018
Length: 25 minutes (6,466 words)

I Applied to 200 Jobs and All I Got Was This Moderate-Severe Depression

“Like most ambitious English majors, I hoped I would find work in either teaching or writing after graduation. Long story short, I ended up graduating magna cum laude, won my department’s award, and learned that no one really wants to talk about E.M. Forster while playing beer pong.”

Published: Oct 12, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,499 words)

The City I Love is Destroying Itself

In an interview illustrated with gifs created by the author, Nicole Antebi talks with historian David Dorado Romo about the fight to preserve the oldest barrio in El Paso from the City itself.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 16, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,438 words)

The Lasting Effects of the Lolita Complex

In this critical essay, Lacy Warner examines the downward turn of actress Dominique Swain’s career, and how the trouble began the moment she grew up.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 16, 2018
Length: 13 minutes (3,431 words)

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

A New York Times investigation into the questionable ways Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, and Sheryl Sandberg, its Chief Operating Officer, have worked to contain and distract from the company’s biggest scandals, including reports of Russian Facebook accounts influencing the 2016 presidential election, inappropriate data mining and sharing, and the platform having no actionable policy against hate speech.

Published: Nov 14, 2018
Length: 24 minutes (6,222 words)