The Quickening
A memoir of giving birth after years with an eating disorder.
The Uncounted Dead of Duterte’s Drug War
A report from the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism examines the large numbers of deaths that have gone uncounted in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war — deaths of citizens who were targeted for assassination and denied due process.
The Quiet Cruelty of When Harry Met Sally
Memorable and funny as the movie is, this beloved rom-com gave us the horrible, corrosive idea of high- versus low-maintenance women.
An Epidemic of Disbelief
““This heffer is trippin… She was clean and smellin good, ain’t no way that shit happened like she said.” Defense witness trying to discredit a rape victim? No, a detective’s notes on a 14-year-old sexual assault victim.
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
“Unhappy is he who depends on success to be happy,” Alex Dias Ribeiro, a former Formula 1 race-car driver, once wrote. “For such a person, the end of a successful career is the end of the line.” The unerring passage of time degenerates one’s productivity at a faster rate than many would imagine. However, there is hope for life after the decline.
The Last of Its Kind
The 14-year-old Achatinella apexfulva snail named George was the sole surviving member of its species. It was biologist David Sischo’s job to take care of George until it died, even as his team works to save other Hawaiian snails from extinction.
A Crime By Any Name
The Trump administration’s commitment to deterring immigration through cruelty has made horrifying conditions in detention facilities inevitable.
The Surreal End of an American College
Low enrollment and financial straights have forced some schools to close before their students graduate. What changes can other small colleges make to avoid closure? And how do students deal with the news of losing their school?
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
“Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.”
Abolish the Priesthood
A one-time Catholic priest argues that the clergy is a fundamentally secretive, sexually repressed, misogynistic system, and that dismantling it is the only way to save what is beneficial about the Catholic church, and the only way to protect children from sexual abuse.
