The Forever Nomad
A personal essay. For an immigrant, losing a home is a given, but Margarita Gokun Silver wonders if never finding one again is also part of the journey.
Chasing Drinks with Lies, and Lies with Drinks
In this personal essay, Katie MacBride recalls her last days abusing alcohol before getting sober.
The Robot Assault On Fukushima
How one little robot bravely went where no human could, to document the extent of the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant so that Japanese scientists can figure out how to clean it up.
The Offending Article
The “War and Postwar: The Prism of the Times” exhibition outside Tokyo shows the way WWII-era photographers collaborated with Japan’s propagandist wartime regime to sculpt the visual perception of Japan. With Japan’s current militant, pro-nuclear government, the exhibit offers an important reminder of artists’ obligations to make work that challenges, rather than perpetuates, the status quo.
An MSG Convert Visits the High Church of Umami
If you love the satisfying, deep flavor of many umami-rich foods, you love MSG whether you know it or not. One fellow MSG fan made a pilgrimage to the company responsible for enhancing so much flavor, and enhancing life itself: Ajinomoto outside of Tokyo.
The Strange History of the “King-Pine”
Everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about pineapples.
We’re the Good Guys, Right?
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk — they look a lot like the villains they fight. When did superheroes switch from working for justice to running a protection racket?
‘The Fatal Conscience’: Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rico’s Greatest Poet
Molly Crabapple retraces the life of the great twentieth century Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos amid the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
Rosi’s Choice
When a young mother fleeing violence in El Salvador faces long odds for asylum, it raises a crucial question: Who deserves sanctuary in America?
Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why.
A native Kansan returns home to find that the broken promises of commodity agriculture have destroyed a way of life.
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