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If You Think Billy Joel Will Never Write Another Song, You May Be Right
Billy Joel is totally over it.
A City in Upheaval: The Story of a Single Block in West Oakland’s Ghost Town Neighborhood
Annette Miller, a longtime resident of West Oakland’s Ghost Town neighborhood, has witnessed the dramatic transformation of the city as changes sweep the block she’s lived on for over 50 years.
First Contact
Sarah Watts details how science fiction shaped her family, her religion, and her own self-image.
American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers
Drywall, meet sledgehammer.
The Surprising Case of One Houston Robber
The alleged ring leader of a group of violent armored car robbers isn’t the person friends and family knew.
I’m 72. So What?
Catherine Texier pushes back against society’s dated ideas about older women, claiming her place among those who are determined to remain vibrant and relevant in the last decades of their lives.
The Elephant in the Flood
The troubled world of flood insurance: what happens to coastal communities as climate change leads to more and more catastrophic flooding?
Whole 60
The Laura Lippman plan requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful. We’re not going to lie — it’s really hard.
