Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar

Now what I remember most about my guide is what he said about the Rohingya. But I walked 50 kilometers with him before he said it.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 28, 2018
Length: 20 minutes (5,019 words)

Dark Zones

Sixty-six year old Bill Ewasko never returned from a hike in Joshua Tree National Park. He’s one of 150,000 lost hiker cases used to create lost-person-behavior algorithms, and he’s the focus of a large grassroots search by amateur investigators. None of this was enough to find Ewasko, but these kinds of searches are enough to save the living.

Published: Mar 22, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,481 words)

The Last Days of Jerry Brown

First elected governor of California in 1974, his progressive values have put him ahead of the curve, though his environmental policy and disorganization also earned him criticism. He’s now the state’s oldest governor. This is the story of his last days in office, and a portrait of his 40 years of public service.

Author: Andy Kroll
Published: Mar 18, 2018
Length: 22 minutes (5,745 words)

The Last Resort

Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 22, 2018
Length: 23 minutes (5,754 words)

Here’s What Really Happens to Your Used Clothes

When used clothes at outlets like Goodwill don’t sell in the US, Mexican citizens buy them discount to sell in Mexico. The brisk resale trade embodies the porous nature of border culture and economics, and it offers a wise use of otherwise wasted resources. So why is it illegal?

Author: Eileen Guo
Source: Racked
Published: Mar 13, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,320 words)

To Catch a Predator

The New York City Police Department’s Special Victims Division attempted to bust Harvey Weinstein in 2015, but the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office put a stop to the case.

Published: Mar 16, 2018
Length: 18 minutes (4,662 words)

The Quest to Save Stephen Hawking’s Voice

The story of how engineers spent years trying to build software for Stephen Hawking that would preserve his distinctive robotic voice — based off of technology from 1986.

Published: Mar 18, 2018
Length: 11 minutes (2,900 words)

What Is My Dog?

Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker in a bid to silence a know-it-all, loudmouth schnook at the dog park who thinks he can deduce Peter’s canine heritage at a glance. In Peter’s results, Conaboy gets a pleasant surprise.

Source: The Outline
Published: Mar 20, 2018
Length: 8 minutes (2,081 words)

Reasons to Believe

One reason to believe that UFOs exist is terrifying enough, but these thirteen reasons make too strong a case to ignore.

Published: Mar 20, 2018
Length: 36 minutes (9,210 words)

Welcome to the Center of the Universe

For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.

Source: Longreads
Published: Mar 15, 2018
Length: 22 minutes (5,546 words)