Trust busting is a great idea. But would it be enough?
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The Placeless and the Privileged
On the macro forces that have made digital nomadism something more powerful, and more sinister, than just another “lifestyle choice.”
Posted inBooks, Business, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, and Forgotten By the Public
Watergate revealed that multinational corporations, including some of the most prestigious American brands, had been making bribes to politicians not only at home but in foreign countries.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Not Quite Not White
Sharmila Sen grew up understanding distinctions between castes and religions, between the educated and the illiterate. Race was a distinction she didn’t understand until she came to America.
Posted inBooks, Story
Getting Tricked by Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt’s hectic, disruptive style reflects the content of her stories: the difficulty of living an authentic life, or telling anything like a “story,” in a ruthlessly disruptive world.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Writing
Letters from Trenton
While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
Letters from Trenton
While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Harvey Weinstein’s Failed Attempt to Hire Private Eyes to Silence His Accusers
Weinstein hired private investigators who used fake names to dig up dirt on his accusers.
Posted inBooks, History, Story
When the Movies Went West
Scorned by stage actors and mocked by the theater-going upper classes, filmmakers nevertheless developed a bold new art form — but they needed better weather.
Posted inNonfiction
Leaving a Good Man Is Hard To Do
When women end relationships, it seems like the emotion we most acutely feel is the guilt of having pushed it away.
