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.

Published: Mar 1, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,707 words)

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 27, 2015

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.

Author: E.B. Boyd
Published: Sep 17, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,003 words)

Hemingway in Love

A.E. Hotchner reveals the story of when his friend Ernest Hemingway was in love with two women simultaneously.

Source: Smithsonian
Published: Sep 23, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,984 words)

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.

Published: Sep 23, 2015

‘We Value Experience’: Can a Secret Society Become a Business?

Jeff Hull’s Latitude Society explores the possibilities of art, intimacy, experience, and membership.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 24, 2015
Length: 30 minutes (7,584 words)

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?

Source: Next City
Published: Sep 21, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,236 words)

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.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 22, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,620 words)

Eve’s Hollywood

An excerpt from the memoirs of Eve Babitz, a scandalous scenester of ’60s and ’70s Los Angeles.

Author: Eve Babitz
Published: Sep 21, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,009 words)

The Church of Scientology vs. the Internet

Inside the Church of Scientology’s long-running war against the Internet.

Source: The Kernel
Published: Sep 21, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,853 words)