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No Más FantasĂa
What happens when you’re sentenced to life in prison as a teenager, then released 19 years later and sent to a place that’s supposed to feel like home?
Posted inArts & Culture, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Unforgiving Minute
Men, get ready to be uncomfortable for a while. While forgiveness may come one day, it won’t be soon.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized
The Month of Giving Dangerously
Elizabeth Greenwood decides to give everything: time, money, praise, forgiveness. But when does generosity become a mania for giving?
Posted inUncategorized
When Your Subject Is #Content: An Interview with Rachel Monroe
The New Yorker writer explains what it takes to report about social media celebrities.
Posted inBlog Post, Story
An Elegy for DNAinfo, Local Media’s First Responders
We were the watchdogs, showing up when no one else did.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Welcome to Camp Midlife Crisis!
Around one million adults went to camp last year. The author spends time at an adult sleep-away called Camp Grounded, which prohibits booze, phones, the internet, time-keeping devices and talking about work in order to give participants a “digital detox,” because only when we can step away from technology can we learn to reconnect with […]
Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction, Story
My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request
Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Quotes, Reading List
Amazon’s New Stores Aren’t Happy to See You Either
As the company begins its bookstore expansion, a joyless retail experience awaits.
