For the Love of Mail: Letter Writing in a Pandemic

“To mail a letter is to send something out in the world with a faith that it will reach its destination. Writing is the same way. We write with hope that our work, like a letter, will find its way to where it needs to go.” Lauren Markham muses on the magic of the U.S. Postal Service.

Source: Literary Hub
Published: Sep 4, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,063 words)

Inside Cameo, the Celebrity Shoutout App Hungry For Fame

Cameo lets you buy personalized greetings from sports stars, singers, influencers, and zoo animals. What does it say about the nature of modern celebrity?

Source: Wired UK
Published: Sep 1, 2020
Length: 18 minutes (4,632 words)

You Don’t Know Her

“Thirty years into an epic career, Mariah Carey is still trying to explain herself.”

Published: Aug 31, 2020
Length: 28 minutes (7,073 words)

When Children’s COVID-19 Symptoms Won’t Go Away

Some parents are reporting that their kids’ COVID symptoms have been lingering for months.

Source: Undark
Published: Sep 2, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,942 words)

Sent Home to Die

In New Orleans, hospitals sent infected COVID patients into hospice facilities or back home to die — to family members untrained and unprepared to care for them — and in some cases discontinuing treatment against the family’s wishes.

Source: ProPublica
Published: Sep 2, 2020
Length: 28 minutes (7,029 words)

The Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’

“The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.”

Author: Katie Way
Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Sep 2, 2020
Length: 14 minutes (3,650 words)

The Peace Reporters

The police dressed for war. The people showed up with cameras.

Source: The Verge
Published: Aug 31, 2020
Length: 22 minutes (5,500 words)

Breonna Taylor’s Life Was Changing. Then the Police Came to Her Door.

Two months before she was killed in her home in Louisville, Breonna Taylor tweeted triumphantly, “2020 deff gonna be my year WATCH!”

Published: Sep 3, 2020
Length: 26 minutes (6,500 words)

Balls Don’t Lie

On the NBA, Black Lives Matter, and “the ritual exploitation that benefits—and damns—us all.”

Published: Sep 27, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,983 words)

The Making of an Incel

“…the incels’ scripts have been twisted. “Our questions should be, How do they get these scripts? How do they think that’s a valid way of interacting with the world?””

Source: The Walrus
Published: Sep 2, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,524 words)