If the U.S. is supposed to have the strongest Navy in the world, we’ve got problems — and it’s our servicepeople that pay the price.
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How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon
Some people, like self-proclaimed experts Matt Behdjou and Mike Gazzola, claim to make thousands of dollars selling cheap products from China on Amazon. But not everyone is successful.
Posted inNonfiction
Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List
An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.
Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature
Who Needs Jurassic Park When We Have Liaoning, China
Liaoning’s wealth of fossils is helping paleontologists better understand dinosaurs’ relationship to birds — and making China a paleontology hot spot, for better or worse.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Learning About Love from Strangers
There are the marks lovers leave on trees and rocks, and the marks lovers leave on each other.
Posted inNonfiction
Leadership Academy
Victor Yang considers how his time as an immigrant rights organizer helped him understand his mother, and the guilt and obligation he carries from their relationship.
Posted inStory
Japan: A Longform Reading List of Longform Writing
Armchair travel is more important than ever, now that pandemic has forced us to stay indoors. Reading can take you across the ocean.
Posted inBusiness, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Versage
Following knock-off fashion’s flow from Lagos to Guangzhou (and back again).
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
When the Climate Change Story Becomes Your Life Story
Moving from bustling, expensive Seattle to tiny Ashland, Oregon seemed like an improvement, until the forest fire season began.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Desperately Seeking Company: Male, Age 85, Up for Adoption
One elderly man’s attempt to combat crushing loneliness.
