The attention economy is killing us and the planet. Artist and writer Jenny Odell talks about why slowing down could be the only way to survive.
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The Gilded Age of (Unpaid) Internet Writing
How ’90s webzines heralded the best — and worst — of today’s online media landscape.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
‘I Didn’t Have the Language to Call It Racism’: An Interview with Nicole Chung
Nicole Chung wants white parents of transracial adoptees to grapple more candidly with the reality of racism in America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Once a Nerd, Always a Nerd: D&D 4Eva
George Murray is “playing it forward” — sharing his love of Dungeons & Dragons by acting as dungeon master for families who want to learn to play.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Making of an American Nazi
Luke O’Brien profiles Andrew Anglin, a one-time anti-racist vegan who’s grown up to become the publisher of the world’s biggest neo-Nazi website, The Daily Stormer. By chronicling hundreds of heart-stopping details from dozens of sources across decades of dangerous behavior, O’Brien’s work sets a brave and timely example for how to report on extremism responsibly.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Where the Trouble Started
Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized
Where the Trouble Started
Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes
Countless women have been mistreated ever since sex became common on our screens. Hollywood’s newfound awareness of intimacy choreography can help change things.
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Queens of Infamy: Zenobia
In third-century Syria, a widowed monarch dared to be wildly ambitious — and almost brought the Roman Empire to its knees.
Posted inBundyville The Remnant, Crime, Culture, Current Events, investigations, Nonfiction, Standout, Story
Bundyville: The Remnant, Chapter One: A Quiet Man
When a bomb exploded in a tiny desert town, there was no doubt who did it. But no one could understand why.
