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.
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.
Do You Even Bake, Bro?
Bread-making wasn’t really in need of disruption, but that’s never stopped Silicon Valley before.
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?
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.”
Divided We Stand
As partisan divides in the U.S. grow into partisan chasms, maybe it’s time for a trial separation.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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