Trump Killed My American Dream: 8 Stories From the War on Immigrants

In their own words, eight would-be Americans share their experiences — and the challenges they’ve faced amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on legal and unauthorized immigration.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct 29, 2020

Sejal Shah: “All my life, I have been biking with brakes on.”

“‘This Is One Way To Dance’ is a timely collection about identity—where it comes from, what it means (and doesn’t), and what happens when we lose it.”

Published: Nov 9, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,118 words)

How We Got Here

“Texas’ health system has been underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared for years. Here, COVID-19 found the perfect place to spread.”

Source: Texas Observer
Published: Nov 9, 2020
Length: 20 minutes (5,065 words)

Why Decades of Trying to End Racial Segregation in Gifted Education Haven’t Worked

“Is it even possible to make a concept that has racist origins more equitable?”

Published: Oct 14, 2020
Length: 21 minutes (5,410 words)

How One Obscure Word Captures Urban China’s Unhappiness

“Anthropologist Xiang Biao explains why the academic concept of ‘involution’ became a social media buzzword.”

Source: Sixth Tone
Published: Nov 4, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,833 words)

“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson

Gabriel Winant, a professor at the University of Chicago interviews Shantonia Jackson, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) who works at City View Multicare Center, a nursing home that experienced a major COVID-19 outbreak.

Source: Dissent
Published: Oct 5, 2020
Length: 16 minutes (4,222 words)

Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose

“The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.”

Author: Jane Mayer
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Nov 1, 2020
Length: 24 minutes (6,220 words)

Shades of Grey

“In 2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing, a sport they were told was archaic and inhumane. What if they were wrong?”

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 29, 2020
Length: 28 minutes (7,001 words)

An Atlas of the Cosmos

“We’ve mapped Mars, the Moon, the solar system, even our own galaxy. Which means there is only one thing left to understand in this symbolic way and that is the entirety of the cosmos.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 27, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,288 words)

Shedding Light

“Darkness obscures and sunlight reveals, but dusk—that liminal moment in between—murmurs suggestions.”

Published: Nov 2, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,748 words)