How Nashville Became One Big Bachelorette Party
Nashville wants you to visit when you’re young, when you’re thinking about your future, perhaps even considering a move to this “it” city where Jack White and the Black Keys make their home. So the city is catering to a group that’s thinking about their future in big way: bachelorettes.
What Does It Cost To Be Big On Instagram?
It’s no surprise that breaking into the seemingly perfect life of being an Instagram influencer takes time, money and a lot of hard work. But once you make it, is it worth it? For some, social media fame is the goal, and for others, its only the stepping stone to a “real” job.
These Writers Are Launching A New Wave Of Native American Literature
A new generation of indigenous writers reject the aesthetics and standards of the white publishing world. And finally, the first Native-focused MFA program is here to facilitate their visions and voices, and make Native Americans more visible in literature.
My Inheritance Was My Father’s Last Lesson To Me And I Am Still Learning It
When Alexander Chee’s father died at the age of 43 he didn’t leave behind a will, and his estate was divided among his wife and three children. When he turned 18, Chee was bequeathed a trust, and the first thing he bought was something he thought his father would want for him — a black Alfa Romeo.
How I Stopped Being Ashamed Of My EBT Card
A reported personal essay in which Janelle Harris writes about reluctantly succumbing to her need for Medicaid and the electronic equivalent of food stamps after she lost her full-time reporting job in 2012, in order to feed herself and her daughter.
Here’s Every Word Of Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman’s Courtroom Statement To Her Sexual Abuser
The six-time Olympic medalist was one of more than 150 women who gave victim impact statements at the sentencing of Larry Nassar, the former doctor for the American gymnastics team. Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sex crimes. For more, read the original 2016 reporting by the Indianapolis Star.
How Do You Rebuild Your Life After Leaving A Polygamous Sect?
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs no longer has a hold on the communities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona — former compounds are now available for stays on Airbnb — and the women of these communities are finding new ways to live and work. “We are more than Warren Jeffs and the FLDS…We are better than the stories about us. We have a new narrative: resilience.”
She’s 17 And Wants To Be A Politician. Her Dad Says He Won’t Vote For Her.
A profile of 17-year-old Iowan Lily Miller, a progressive who wants to run for office, and her right-wing 49-year-old father Mike, who represent a growing phenomenon of young women departing from the conservative views they were raised with.
Who’s Going to Believe Us?
Tensions between the Bad River Reservation and Ashland, Wisconsin run high, due to white police violence and mistrust. It’s a continuation of the tensions between white Americans and Native Americans that go back to the nation’s founding. It’s systemic and accepted, and many tribal members don’t believe it will end.
We’ll Be Paying For Mark Halperin’s Sins For Years To Come
Eve Fairbanks, arguably one of the most talented living political writers, spells out exactly how Mark Halperin damaged our political discourse, and political journalism in general — and draws a compelling through-line to the election of Donald Trump.