Graves by the Sea

“Across two narrow strips of sandy, marshy land, a team of volunteers is making Currituck County unique in answering a statewide call to document lost Black gravesites. What can their efforts teach us about remembrance and memorial?”

Source: The Assembly
Published: Apr 14, 2021
Length: 9 minutes (2,399 words)

The Man Who Keeps the Far Right Online

“Nick Lim provides tech support to the U.S. networks of White nationalists and conspiracy theorists banned by the likes of Amazon.”

Published: Apr 14, 2021
Length: 11 minutes (2,900 words)

Ghost Walls

“As mass detentions and surveillance dominate the lives of China’s Uyghurs and Kazakhs, a woman struggles to free herself.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 5, 2021
Length: 68 minutes (17,200 words)

“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”

“How an active duty airman tried to start a civil war.”

Source: ProPublica
Published: Apr 13, 2021
Length: 18 minutes (4,622 words)

Out of Thin Air

The mystery of the man who fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London.

Author: Sirin Kale
Source: The Guardian
Published: Apr 15, 2021
Length: 21 minutes (5,274 words)

The Road to Terfdom

On the British mums fostering anti-trans radicalization.
Source: Lux
Published: Apr 13, 2021
Length: 14 minutes (3,740 words)

Genetic Mapping

“Here’s what I know for sure: I have three fathers who love me. One is my true dad—the man who raised me and has always told me ‘the more people who love you the better.’ One has the softest heart and shares my experience of being adopted. And one feels like a soulmate even though we’ve never met.”

Source: Maisonneuve
Published: Apr 12, 2021
Length: 27 minutes (6,900 words)

Ready

“On the start of a cross-country race.”

Source: Lope
Published: Mar 29, 2021
Length: 11 minutes (2,900 words)

Making Sense Of It All: High School Poetry in the Age of Zoom

“I believe that one of our most important roles as teachers is to provide authentic opportunities for young people to heal.”

Published: Apr 5, 2021
Length: 9 minutes (2,260 words)

The Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks

“For generations, a herd of wild horses has made their home on a long barrier island at the southern tip of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Mark Darrough camped among the Shackleford Horses and learned a thing or two about survival.”

Published: Apr 13, 2021
Length: 10 minutes (2,500 words)