The One Accuser Who May Finally Bring Bill Cosby Down for Good

Nearly 60 women have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, but many of their cases are past the statutes of limitations. It’s a single woman’s case that finally got the comedian in court. Now others are lobbying to get rid of statute of limitation laws for sexual offenses. The verdict is out, but not for long.

Author: Mark Seal
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Aug 1, 2016
Length: 40 minutes (10,101 words)

A Wilderness of Waiting

Eight months pregnant on her family farm, a woman who’s lived her active life “perpetually looking forward to: to the evening, to the weekend, to the next year in a new place” learns to redefine her relationship with time and space. As she says: “I’ve always hated waiting.”

Source: Vela Mag
Published: Feb 13, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,992 words)

Out of Reach Hawaii

As the road and rail networks on the island of Oahu expand, so a ferocious tug of war is intensifying over its untouched wilderness. Breena Kerr takes to the wheel along the most beautiful highway in America and explores whether it’s better to keep the country country.

Source: White Noise
Published: Jun 29, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,606 words)

Citizen Canine, Comrade Cow

Thousands of us live and work with companion or service animals — but is it morally acceptable to be breeding animals for human use at all?

Source: VQR
Published: Jul 5, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,446 words)

Hillary Is Poised to Make the ‘Impossible Possible’ — for Herself and for Women in America

The always excellent Rebecca Traister on how Hillary Clinton the presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton the 1969 Wellesley student in student government are remarkably consistent in beliefs and commitment.

Published: Jul 28, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2,389 words)

Ripping the Veil

On the recent proliferation of slavery narratives in popular culture and how Colson Whitehead’s latest novel, The Underground Railroad, attempts to rewrite the rules.

Published: Aug 2, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2,425 words)

President Barack Obama Says, ‘This Is What a Feminist Looks Like’

Feminist Dude/Dad in Chief, Barack Obama, has penned an essay for Glamour about how far women have come, how much farther they need to be encouraged to go, and how both men and women are limited by outdated gender stereotypes that need to be retired.

Source: Glamour
Published: Aug 4, 2016
Length: 6 minutes (1,615 words)

Arms Wide Open

The story of Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro’s most iconic landmark.

Source: BBC
Published: Mar 10, 2014
Length: 9 minutes (2,430 words)

The Prophet Motive

Dan Price made headlines last year and was lauded as a hero when he announced that he was cutting his executive salary at his Seattle company to raise the minimum salary at his company to $70K a year for all employees. But a lawsuit from his brother, allegations of abuse from his ex-wife, and negative stories from ex-employees have painted a much different picture of the CEO.

Source: Esquire
Published: Aug 3, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5,065 words)

Seinfeld: ‘The Twin Towers’ An Original Spec Script

Comedian Billy Domineau imagines a world in which the sitcom “Seinfeld” is still on the air and “Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer acted like the entitled, selfish, near-sociopathic New Yorkers that they always were during one of the most trying and intense times in the city’s history.”

Source: Splitsider
Published: Aug 3, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,384 words)