In her Wired cover story, Mar explores the desire to turn to a robot for comfort or companionship.
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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 inNonfiction, Story
Stripped: The Search for Human Rights in US Women’s Prisons
The US prison system is broken. It sucks up billions of dollars each year and destroys lives. Could a Thai princess and an accidental criminal justice reform activist in the Pacific Northwest have the answers?
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists
Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People
After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.
Posted inCurrent Events, Science & Nature, Uncategorized
Despair All Ye Who Enter Into the Climate Change Fray
A climate change feature at New York Magazine leads a scientist to take on its extraordinary claims.
Posted inUncategorized
‘The Lily’ Would Like to Provide a Digital Media Repackaging of One’s Own
The Washington Post site isn’t a new voice for women — it’s an exercise in digital media distribution.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Milo. Kind of Our Fault.
“…the ferocious pace of change in media at that point, and the need for novelty, for an answer, any answer, meant that a character like Milo (a charismatic conservative chameleon) could walk right in.”
Posted inMedia
Choire Sicha’s New Role: Editor of The New York Times Styles Section
People love him. And that’s what makes him a great editor.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Secret Rules of the Internet
A look behind the scenes of the messy, complicated world of web content moderation — and its effects on free speech online.
