How an Upper West Side Hotel Came to Embody the City’s Failure on Homelessness

During the pandemic, men housed at the Lucerne hotel have seen the worst side of New York’s self-described liberals. They’ve also exposed a decades-long policy of neglect.

Published: Mar 31, 2021
Length: 23 minutes (5,900 words)

The Great Work

“Overwhelmed in the classroom, Peter and David began taking long, slow walks around the neighbourhood together. In Peter’s unhurried pace and frequent pauses, they found a shared rhythm and a way of enjoying each other’s company.”

Author: Mark Mann
Source: Beside
Published: Mar 29, 2021
Length: 8 minutes (2,102 words)

The Business of Scenery

“In Zion National Park, crowding is such that one of the most popular trails had to be temporarily closed in 2017 to airlift eight tons of human excrement from public outhouses that a journalist described as an “open sewer.””

 

Published: Mar 30, 2021
Length: 13 minutes (3,271 words)

It’s Time to Stop Policing Trans Rage

“Author Charlie Jane Anders explores how trans rage is policed — and why it shouldn’t be.”

Source: Teen Vogue
Published: Mar 31, 2021
Length: 5 minutes (1,378 words)

Hanif Abdurraquib’s Third Favorite A Tribe Called Quest Album Might Surprise You

“Author Hanif Abdurraquib on his new book, A Little Devil in America, how current Black music is shaping the racial justice movement, his favorite A Tribe Called Quest albums, and more.”

Source: Okayplayer
Published: Mar 31, 2021
Length: 10 minutes (2,509 words)

What The Past Three Months Have Been Like For QAnon Believers

“A millennial stay-at-home mom from South Carolina, a gay couple from Texas, and a social worker in New York believed in QAnon. Now that Biden is president, they’re not sure where to go from here.”

Source: BuzzFeed News
Published: Mar 26, 2021
Length: 21 minutes (5,322 words)

The Lives of Others

“Two women gave birth on the same day in a place called Come By Chance. They didn’t know each other, and never would. Half a century later, their children made a shocking discovery.”

Source: The Atavist
Published: Mar 31, 2021
Length: 39 minutes (9,750 words)

Uncovering the Secrets of the Bovine Trials

“Rosenberg’s cattle-trial research originated from a broader interest: the intersection of livestock breeding and human sexuality. These two phrases rarely get uttered in the same sentence—which, according to his colleagues, is what makes the Duke scholar’s work stand out.”

Source: Duke Magazine
Published: Mar 19, 2021
Length: 10 minutes (2,573 words)

Molar City

It’s hard to imagine how truly full of dentists Los Algodones is. It’s like trying to imagine a city full of piano movers. They are, quite literally, everywhere. Memories of inconveniently scheduled cleanings quake in the face of the omnipresent availability, the frantic, logicless convenience.

Source: Hazlitt
Published: Mar 23, 2021
Length: 16 minutes (4,172 words)

I Have One of the Most Advanced Prosthetic Arms in the World — and I Hate It

“Being a cyborg is cool right now, thanks in large part to gee-whiz media coverage. But actually using a bionic arm can really suck.”

Source: Input
Published: Mar 4, 2021
Length: 10 minutes (2,698 words)