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Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Story
The Third Life of Richard Miles
Richard Miles spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. The state of Texas compensated Miles for his wrongful conviction, but life after vindication has come with its own set of challenges.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
America’s First Addiction Epidemic
The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
America’s First Addiction Epidemic
The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
After suicides and heartbreak ravage her family, Jenny Aurthur finds she has no choice but be transformed.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts
A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Guest Pick
Circus, Interrupted: Watching an Accident at Cirque du Soleil
Circus work can be punishing, and for the performers of Cirque de Soleil, extreme safety measures don’t always prevent fatalities.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
Here is My Heart
Long after the shooting at her old high school, Megan Stielstra worries about her father’s heart. Part one of a three-part series on gun violence.
Posted inBooks
Late in Life, Thoreau Became a Serious Darwinist
But he died before he could finish his book on natural history. As Emerson put it, Thoreau “depart[ed] out of Nature before… he has been really shown to his peers for what he is.”
