“First, you exclude black people from the festivals. Then write them out by not recording them. And pretty soon, ‘you have this manufactured image of country music being white and being poor.'”
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We’re All Tourists Now, So Let’s Stop with the Endless, Tedious Quests for Authenticity
In Iceland, overtourism has transformed the island in a few short years — and locals and visitors alike try to grapple with the change.
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McDonald’s Starts Serving McTech to Survive in the Modern Age
Rapidly modernizing has caused the McDonald’s company some growing pains, but embracing Big Tech might just save them from their old analog self.
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How to Move a Masterpiece: The Secret Business of Shipping Priceless Artworks
No one wants to be the courier on duty when a screwdriver accidentally stabs through the crate holding a Monet.
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The Soundtrack to Hell
“Not only was the whine agitating—EHHNNNNNNNN—but its constant drone was like a cruel mnemonic for everything that bothered him.”
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The Coffin Business Is Booming in Central America Due to Gang Violence
How the Pacheco family business pivoted from bread baking to burying bodies in El Salvador, which has the highest murder rate per capita on the planet, “enough for the World Health Organization to classify it as an epidemic.”
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The Rise and Fall of Delia’s, The Catalog That Ruled America
When malls still ruled retail, a fashion brand for young women defied pre-internet era practice: It had no brick and mortar stores, only a catalog. It became the hottest thing around, selling a lifestyle as much as products, and its business model foretold the future. So why did it fail?
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How Covid-19 Could Reshape Urban Life
Cities were vibrant, culturally rich places to live before the pandemic. We can only speculate about how cities will be after.
