‘You’re Listening to Delilah.’

A profile of the radio personality who has offered advice and power ballads on the airwaves for decades.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Feb 14, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,270 words)

14 Stories About Love: A Reading List

Revel in all the feels with these 14 (get it?) essays and interviews. A Valentine’s Day reading list from Emily Perper.

Source: Longreads
Published: Feb 14, 2016

People Keep Talking About ‘The Establishment.’ What Is It, Anyway?

A look at the rise of the term “the establishment,” and what it means—especially in the context of the 2016 election.

Source: NPR
Published: Feb 11, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,600 words)

The Wow Factor

The story behind the complicated and bitter fight between owners in the NFL over which teams would have the right to move to Los Angeles and build a stadium.

Source: ESPN
Published: Feb 11, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6,044 words)

My Last JDate

A three-part essay on Jewishness, cancer, and finding love in your fifties. (Read Part II and Part III)

Source: Tablet Magazine
Published: Feb 10, 2016
Length: 37 minutes (9,455 words)

Justin Bieber Would Like to Reintroduce Himself

Justin Bieber is not easy to talk to. Despite that, Caity Weaver is able to write a funny and engaging celebrity profile of the pop star.

Source: GQ
Published: Feb 11, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,338 words)

Downfall

From the archives: Celeste Fremon’s 2014 feature detailing former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca’s fall from grace.

Published: Feb 27, 2014
Length: 46 minutes (11,665 words)

Getting Married in One Week Was the Most Romantic Thing I Ever Did

On romance, timing, and getting hitched.

Published: Feb 11, 2016
Length: 7 minutes (1,812 words)

When Doctors Took ‘Family Planning’ Into Their Own Hands

A new documentary, “No Más Bebés,” examines a hospital’s sterilizations of Mexican-American women in the 1970s.

Published: Feb 1, 2016
Length: 7 minutes (1,894 words)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

How Jacqueline Susann feverishly promoted Valley of the Dolls into a major bestseller.

Source: The Telegraph
Published: Feb 10, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,123 words)