Becoming Anne Frank
“Why did we turn an isolated teenage girl into the world’s most famous Holocaust victim?”
CBD is Everywhere. But is it a Scam?
An expose on the $350 million CBD industry pointing to the illegality, lack of regulation, and by and large lack of efficacy of everyone’s new favorite anxiety antidote.
The Whalers’ Odyssey
A courageous tribe, a colossal foe, and a terrifying ocean voyage.
Facebook Groups as Therapy
“People are sharing their deepest secrets on Facebook. Does the social network understand what it’s gotten into?” (And more importantly, what its responsibilities are?)
Worth Their Wait
Before the internet, music weeklies like NME and Melody Maker shaped English listeners’ tastes and the national discourse. The slower pace of print publishing created a more digestible news cycle, a deeper reading experience, deep loyalties, and a thrilling anticipation between issues.
Elena Ferrante Stays Out of the Picture
Using email correspondence and notes from the HBO adaptation of “My Brilliant Friend,” Merve Emre profiles the elusive novelist Elena Ferrante.
There’s Nothing Virtuous About Finding Common Ground
Novelist Tayari Jones on the impossibility of the “middle ground” in a moral dilemma.
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
Other Portland Chefs Want to Make Food Into Art. Micah Camden Makes Money.
Portland’s most successful restauranteur sold his Little Big Burger chain for $6.1 million to the company who owns Hooters. It was just one of his many ventures. Sure, the guy who created the Portland mini-chain formula can cook, but Camden’s greatest skill might be his lucrative ability to discern what customers want.
Dress You Up in My Love
A personal essay in which Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.
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