Our Well-Regulated Militia

Is the conversation around guns in this country really about the right to bear arms? Author Alexander Chee interrogates the proliferation of firearms and growing gun culture in the U.S., the complicated, polarized politics around gun control—and the notion that with more guns, we are somehow safer.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 18, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,713 words)

Our Temporary Homes: A Reading List About Hotels

These essays and the others stories in this list will take you all over the world, to the hotels we call our temporary homes.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 17, 2016

The Secret Rules of the Internet

A look behind the scenes of the messy, complicated world of web content moderation — and its effects on free speech online.

Source: The Verge
Published: Apr 13, 2016
Length: 39 minutes (9,862 words)

Farm to Fable

“If you eat food, you are being lied to every day.” An investigation into the claims restaurants make when they say they “source locally.”

Source: Tampa Bay Times
Published: Apr 13, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6,510 words)

One Man’s Quest For His Vinyl and His Past

Motivated by seller’s regret and nostalgia, a journalist goes in search of the vinyl of his youth. And not just copies of albums he loved—he wants the exact records he owned and sold. An excerpt from Eric Spitznagel’s new memoir Old Records Never Die.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 14, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,029 words)

Friendly Fire in the American Patriot Death Cult

In January, Vincent Smith shot and killed his friend, Charles Carter. Both were involved in extreme antigovernment groups that advocate armed resistance to gun control.

Source: Gawker
Published: Apr 12, 2016
Length: 16 minutes (4,096 words)

In a Perpetual Present

Susie McKinnon has a severely deficient autobiographical memory, which means she can’t remember details about her past—or envision what her future might look like.

Source: Wired
Published: Apr 10, 2016
Length: 16 minutes (4,049 words)

Why Are America’s Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Suburbia?

Why do tech companies keep building suburban corporate campuses that are isolated—by design—from the communities their products are supposed to impact? Oatman-Stanford looks at the history of corporate urban design and the midcentury rise (and continued reign) of the suburban office park.

Published: Apr 8, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,729 words)

How Vanity Fair’s Dominick Dunne Relentlessly Pursued the O.J. Simpson Story

Despite being a little self-congratulatory (it is, after all, a story in Vanity Fair about articles written for Vanity Fair), Hogan’s piece offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of Dominick Dunne’s legendary coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial. Dunne was one of two journalists with a guaranteed seat at the proceedings, and as Jeffrey Toobin said, “Lance Ito might have been the judge, but Dominick was the mayor of the courtroom.” A complete archive of Dunne’s coverage of the trial can be found here.

Author: Mike Hogan
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Mar 1, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,016 words)

Swim. Bike. Cheat?

Did Julie Miller fake her Ironman victories?

Published: Apr 8, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,617 words)