Gentrification X
Until relatively recently, gentrification was a term used by academics and housing activists. Hancox surveys how it entered the mainstream, and became a rallying cry.
Will One Doctor’s Radical New Vaccine End the AIDS Epidemic?
At Portland Monthly, Jennifer Abbasi profiles Louis Picker, a vaccine researcher at Portland’s Oregon Health & Science University who is working toward an AIDS cure within the next two decades.
Mr. (Swipe) Right?
A profile of Tinder co-founder Sean Rad; the formerly ousted frontman is now back in charge of the company.
Narcissiana: On Collecting
An entomologist reflects on fly-hunting, an outhouse of distinguished provenance, and the narcissism of collectors. An excerpt from Fredrik Sjöberg’s The Fly Trap.
The Trials of Alice Goffman
Alice Goffman’s controversial first book fueled a fight within sociology over who gets to speak for whom. Lewis-Kraus delves deeply into her story, negotiating larger issues about the distinction between journalistic and academic practices, and the meaning of sociology today.
How the Klan Got Its Hood
A brief but chilling history of the imagery behind the Ku Klux Klan, and an explanation of how the group’s white hood came to be an icon of hatred.
My Right to Die
More Americans are supporting the right of the terminally ill to end their own lives on their own terms, and more states are considering legalizing physician-assisted suicide. For Kevin Drum, this is personal.
The Great British Curry Crisis
Britain’s traditional curry houses are in crisis; can a new generation of entrepreneurs save the nation’s tandoori?
David Bowie, 1947-2016
The legendary musician died on Sunday of cancer. At the Awl, Alex Balk writes: “If you are under the age of 40 you live in a world he helped make, whether you’re aware of it or not. His importance transcends his work in a way that only a few other artists of his generation can claim.” Here are six stories about the rock star who left a mark on music, fashion, and art.
Inside the Snitch Tank
Edward Humes painstakingly reconstructs the events surrounding the worst mass shooting in Orange County history, and then examines how prosecutorial misconduct and the misuse of jailhouse informants have delayed justice in this masterful, multi-part investigation.
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