A Grand Juror Speaks
Lewis-Kraus writes about serving on a Manhattan grand jury, where he found a system alarmingly bent towards the will of the prosecution.
Advocating for the Bisexual Community: A Reading List
All week, I’ve watched my favorite websites and my Twitter feed fill with stories, advice and encouragement. Now, it’s my turn to contribute. I’ve collected some of my favorite pieces about bisexuality–personal essays, queer theory, history, and interviews.
A New Front
Can the Pentagon do business with Silicon Valley? E.B. Boyd looks at what happens when the military meets the tech world.
Hemingway in Love
A.E. Hotchner reveals the story of when his friend Ernest Hemingway was in love with two women simultaneously.
The Last Years of Ernie Banks
The long life and tormented last years of the most popular—and loneliest—player in the history of the Chicago Cubs.
‘We Value Experience’: Can a Secret Society Become a Business?
Jeff Hull’s Latitude Society explores the possibilities of art, intimacy, experience, and membership.
The Complicated Business of Placemaking in a Place That Already Exists
At its peak in 1960, Gary boasted a population of 180,000. Today, there are 100,000 fewer people spread across a city footprint slightly larger than Boston’s, and investment is desperately needed. Can an innovative Chicago artist, armed with a large grant from the Knight Foundation, develop the city into a culinary destination?
What Are Those Kids Doing With That Enormous Gun?
After a New York yuppie loses her iPhone in the Hamptons, pictures of a Yemeni family start showing up in her iCloud, offering her a strange keyhole into another world.
Eve’s Hollywood
An excerpt from the memoirs of Eve Babitz, a scandalous scenester of ’60s and ’70s Los Angeles.
The Church of Scientology vs. the Internet
Inside the Church of Scientology’s long-running war against the Internet.
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