Why do we love reading about CEOs behaving badly? Perhaps it’s because we identify with their exhausted workers.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Stewards of the Blood
One California woman tries to understand the code of honor that young men live by in blood feuds.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inCurrent Events
Did Brian Easley Have to Die?
A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.
Posted inFeature
Did Brian Easley Have to Die?
A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
The Successful Boycott of #DeleteUber and a New Era of Activism
#DeleteUber and the power of protest in 2017.
Posted inBlog Post
Why Quotas Still Don’t Work for Journalism
Quotas allow superiors to blame failure on subordinates and take credit for success.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Writing
Use and Abuse
Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Brief Career and Self-Imposed Exile of Jutta Hipp, Jazz Pianist
Europe’s “First Lady of Jazz” moved to New York in 1955, played for five more years, then disappeared — while royalty checks piled up with her record label.
Posted inBlog Post, Story
An Elegy for DNAinfo, Local Media’s First Responders
We were the watchdogs, showing up when no one else did.
