My Child Has a Disability. What Will Her Education Be Like This Year?

“We’re starting the school year with few details about how our fourth grader’s needs will be met.” Millions of disabled students are adjusting to online learning, and the support services that parents have fought for are now at risk.

Published: Sep 15, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,632 words)

“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.

Source: BuzzFeed News
Published: Sep 14, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,462 words)

Who Owns Florida’s Beaches?

“Most Floridians—and our visitors—have no idea that their ability to stroll our beloved beaches is in jeopardy.”

Author: Isaac Eger
Published: Sep 3, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,283 words)

A Pandemic, a Motel Without Power, and a Potentially Terrifying Glimpse of Orlando’s Future

The economic collapse has pushed vulnerable families living in motels near Disney World to the brink.

Author: Greg Jaffe
Published: Sep 10, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,400 words)

Elsie Conick: A Biography in Fragments

“In 1918, she became the first Black woman tennis player to appear on the cover of an American magazine.”

Published: Sep 8, 2020
Length: 17 minutes (4,415 words)

He Is Survived By His Sister

“After losing a father and a brother to substance misuse disorder (SUD), a Kentucky public health worker wants to tear away the stigma of being in the ‘survived by’ category.”

Published: Sep 10, 2020
Length: 8 minutes (2,016 words)

Fag Rag: The ’70s Paper Of Gay Political Revolution

Fag Rag wasn’t an idealistic publication; it didn’t suggest that a gay utopia was possible or even desirable. Instead, it pushed for a political revolution that wouldn’t come at the expense of other marginalized groups.”

Published: Sep 11, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,608 words)

The New Reconstruction

“There has never been an anti-racist majority in American history; there may be one today in the racially and socioeconomically diverse coalition of voters radicalized by the abrupt transition from the hope of the Obama era to the cruelty of the Trump age. All political coalitions are eventually torn apart by their contradictions, but America has never seen a coalition quite like this.”

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 8, 2020
Length: 30 minutes (7,613 words)

What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?

Are we living in a computer simulation that has been created by our future selves?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 9, 2016
Length: 7 minutes (1,970 words)

Waiting to Be Thrown Out

Following the story of one Cameroonian, Gaby Del Valle dives deep into how video teleconferencing technology in the U.S.’s immigration courts fuels the deportation machine.

Source: The Verge
Published: Sep 8, 2020
Length: 33 minutes (8,280 words)