Emily Ford Hiked 1,200 Miles in the Dead of Winter

Ford hiked, instead, for many of the same reasons that “lanky white dudes” or anyone else might take to the woods: to pay attention to herself, to have space to think through the life she had led for 28 years and where she wanted it to go.

Source: Outside
Published: May 4, 2021
Length: 9 minutes (2,276 words)

The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Jailbreak Artist

“Master criminal Rédoine Faïd loved the movies, and his greatest crimes were laced with tributes: to Point Break, Heat, and Reservoir Dogs. When he landed in a maximum-security prison, cinema provided inspiration once again.”

Source: GQ
Published: Apr 27, 2021
Length: 29 minutes (7,411 words)

Finding My Father Among the Astronauts

“It took more than a decade for me to realize that I never really wanted to become a pilot so much as I wanted to become like my dad, to achieve what others deemed impossible.”

Source: GQ
Published: Apr 28, 2021
Length: 14 minutes (3,560 words)

Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History

“They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.”

Source: ProPublica
Published: Apr 29, 2021
Length: 17 minutes (4,433 words)

Regenerative agriculture needs a reckoning

“Why avoiding uncomfortable conversations about equity, race, and access threatens to spoil a nascent movement’s environmental promise.”

Source: The Counter
Published: May 3, 2021
Length: 57 minutes (14,251 words)

Contraindications

“I covered the rock beneath me in tears and beat it with my fists. The word No echoed off the cold and shadowed face of Rachu Tangmu. In less than a minute, I unleashed the emotions that I knew I would lock down for weeks, until I got us home. I closed my eyes and wiped my face. Calm and even, I did CPR for an hour despite the obvious signs that she had passed away. It is what you do, so I did it.”

Published: Sep 22, 2017
Length: 27 minutes (6,890 words)

Real Talk

“I remember thinking that therapy felt like a nascent form of gaslighting, where the client is blamed if the therapy doesn’t seem to work. I’d come to learn later just how common that feeling is.”

Source: Maisonneuve
Published: Apr 20, 2021
Length: 16 minutes (4,022 words)

‘We are Witnessing a Crime Against Humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid Catastrophe

“The system has not collapsed. The ‘system’ barely existed. The government – this one, as well as the Congress government that preceded it – deliberately dismantled what little medical infrastructure there was.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Apr 28, 2021
Length: 21 minutes (5,369 words)

‘I’ve Lost Everything to the Beast’

“Formed in Los Angeles by refugees fleeing US-backed violence in El Salvador, MS-13 has wreaked havoc in Central America.”

Published: Apr 14, 2021
Length: 20 minutes (5,019 words)

The Battle for Zimbabwe’s Land Never Ended

“We all still have scars of having land taken from us in the past.”

Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Apr 22, 2021
Length: 15 minutes (3,757 words)