Getting Connected

How small communities like Red Hook in Brooklyn and Kansas City are addressing its lack of affordable broadband access.

Source: Orion Magazine
Published: Jan 5, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,091 words)

The NY Police vs. the Mayor

On the complicated relationship between Mayor de Blasio and the New York Police Department in the wake of the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, as well as Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

Published: Feb 5, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,950 words)

Damage

The author, who spent her childhood in Pakistan, underwent a female genital mutilation procedure when she was seven years old. Having lived in the States for many years as a young adult, she reflects on the effects of this procedure on her sexuality and her relationship to her family, especially her mother.

Published: Jan 14, 2015
Length: 42 minutes (10,508 words)

Finalists for the 2015 National Magazine Awards

Congrats to the 2015 Ellies finalists! ASME has provided a list of nominees with links to stories.

Published: Jan 15, 2015

This Is What Happens When We Lock Children in Solitary Confinement

An investigation into the effects of solitary confinement on juveniles.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jan 12, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,145 words)

Budd & Leni

The story of Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg’s unlikely collaboration with Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl.

Source: Tin House
Published: Jan 15, 2015
Length: 25 minutes (6,452 words)

I Was an Amazon Chew Toy

An account of what it’s like to work at Amazon’s dog-friendly offices in Seattle.

Source: The Awl
Published: Jan 14, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,160 words)

Doris and Me

Writer Jenny Diski on coming to live with Doris Lessing during her teen years in London.

Published: Jan 7, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,447 words)

My Life Under Armed Guard

An essay by Italian journalist Roberto Saviano about his life for the last eight years under armed guard. Saviano is famous for taking on the Neapolitan mafia in his book, Gomorrah and has faced death threats since the book’s publication.

Source: The Guardian
Published: Jan 14, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,860 words)

Did Sierra Leone’s Hero Doctor Have to Die?

A chilling account of the life’s work and death of Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, a globally renowned expert in tropical diseases who ran Sierra Leone’s worst Ebola ward.

Source: Matter
Published: Jan 12, 2015
Length: 34 minutes (8,554 words)