The Duo That Dominates Dressage

Inside the fanciful world of dressage and how one outsider athlete and her unruly horse set a new standard in the little-known equestrian sport.

Author: Sam Knight
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 1, 2016
Length: 23 minutes (5,761 words)

The Race to Save a Dying Language

In 2013, a retired schoolteacher named Linda Lambrecht presented Hawaiian Sign Language to a group of linguists. Now the language’s impending disappearance due to lack of users is putting enormous stress on a community who depend on it for survival.

Source: The Guardian
Published: Aug 10, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,738 words)

Cyberchondria: D.I.Y. Diagnosis in Overdrive

In researching his chronic headache on the web, veteran journalist Barry Newman takes a terrifying walk down the Via Dolorosa of digital self-diagnosis.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 10, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,698 words)

‘White Trash’ — The Original Underclass

The United States’ long, bleak history of poor whites and their troubles can help us understand how we’ve arrived at our current moment of political and social unrest in this country.

Source: ProPublica
Published: Aug 5, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,715 words)

The Alternates

“As an alternate you’re like a maybe. You’re not going to be part of it but you are. You’re there with the team but not really part of the team. It’s such a weird thing.” What does it really mean to be an Olympic alternate?

Author: Tim Struby
Source: Victory Journal
Published: Aug 4, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,169 words)

Rise and Scam

At home with Branden Miller, the man behind Joanne The Scammer and “a funny-as-hell reminder to keep your guard up, to scam today before today scams you.”

Source: Fader
Published: Aug 9, 2016
Length: 17 minutes (4,362 words)

Winona Uninterrupted

A profile of actress Winona Ryder, who currently stars in “Stranger Things” and is glad she isn’t on social media.

Published: Aug 7, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,513 words)

Our Fancy Foods, Ourselves

Inside the enormous, bi-coastal Fancy Food Show, small companies try out for prime time, next year’s trends begin, and the people who have invested their life savings into their business now search for distribution and vie for your attention as you walk around snacking. All. Day. Long.

Source: Eater
Published: Jul 13, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,676 words)

Take a Hike: Seven Stories About Heading Outdoors

Stories about the outdoors, outdoor apparel, hiking buddies, bodily transformation, body image, abuse and sufferfests.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 7, 2016

What It Takes for an Independent Record Store to Survive Now

Despite a renewed interest in vinyl, America’s independent record stores keep closing. Like a cockroach, one Columbus, Ohio record store will not die. What’s its secret?

Source: Pitchfork
Published: Aug 3, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,634 words)