Invasive Reptiles Are Taking Over Florida—and Devouring Its Birds Along the Way

“Birds like Roseate Spoonbills and Burrowing Owls are ending up in the stomachs of hungry pythons and Nile monitors. Is it too late to stop them?”

Source: Audubon
Published: Sep 5, 2018
Length: 18 minutes (4,733 words)

Having the Wrong Conversations About Hate Activity

A personal essay about the ways in which a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.

Author: Anonymous
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 6, 2018
Length: 19 minutes (4,750 words)

The Trigger Effect

In September 2017, a campus police officer shot and killed a queer college student in Atlanta. By the end of the year, several of the student’s friends had been arrested, and two were dead. What happened at Georgia Tech? The story of a tragedy’s aftermath and the debates it sparked—about police brutality, free speech, gender identity, and civil disobedience.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Aug 31, 2018
Length: 56 minutes (14,000 words)

Judging by the Cover: How the Magazine Industry’s Identity Crisis Is Playing Out on Its Front Page

Digitization has profoundly altered the way magazines sell and get produced, yet traditional print covers still have a strong cultural and economic impact. Cover designs now have to strike a delicate balance between satisfying loyal subscribers and attracting new digital readers who engage on social media.

Source: The Ringer
Published: Sep 4, 2018
Length: 20 minutes (5,184 words)

How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War

“If you want to know what happens to a country that has opened itself entirely to Facebook, look to the Philippines.”

Author: Davey Alba
Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Sep 4, 2018
Length: 30 minutes (7,522 words)

The Big Lie

How the story of an ambitious chemistry professor in Colorado who forged a letter and lost everything.

Published: Sep 4, 2018
Length: 15 minutes (3,947 words)

Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey?

After decades of misogynist characterizations painting Joyce Maynard as violating J.D. Salinger for writing about her relationship with him as a teen, Maynard reprocesses this information and sets the record straight in the light of the #metoo moment.

Published: Sep 5, 2018
Length: 6 minutes (1,540 words)

The Mystery of Tucker Carlson

If we figure out how Tucker Carlson went from promising gonzo journalist to “shouty guy in the bow tie,” maybe we’ll figure out what happened to America.

Author: Lyz Lenz
Published: Sep 5, 2018
Length: 27 minutes (6,965 words)

Group Therapy for the End of the World

A chronicle of a week spent in the Swedish countryside, at a workshop designed to help participants come to terms with impending environmental doom.

Source: Garage Magazine
Published: Sep 4, 2018
Length: 13 minutes (3,442 words)

Running for Alex: How Tom Sullivan Turned Tragedy Into a Political Crusade

Six years after one man’s son was murdered in the Aurora theater shooting, he’s running for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives to prevent more gun violence. Instead of succumbing to his loss, he became, in another victim’s words, “a warrior.”

Source: 5280 Magazine
Published: Sep 1, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,448 words)