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Renovating a Family
After her husband’s infidelity, Christine Kalafus re-architected her marriage. Now she needs to let her son in on the plans.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, profile, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology
A Young Cartographer’s Mission to Map the Catholic Church — and Fight Climate Change
“The role of the cartographer isn’t just data analytics,” says Molly Burhans, an activist mapping the land assets of the Catholic Church. “It’s also storytelling.”
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
“I Was at a Loss for Any Facts that Would Actually Stick”: An Investigative Reporter on Losing His Mom to QAnon
At BuzzFeed News, Albert Samaha describes his effort to save his mom from QAnon.
Posted inNewsletter
How Words Give Shape to Legacies
New York Times writer Sam Roberts on the art of the obituary.
Posted inNonfiction
The Mysterious Case of Mr. X
For eight years, a man with amnesia lived at a hospital in Mississippi. Who was he — and why had no one come looking for him?
Posted inUncategorized
Writing Through It (and the Week’s Top 5)
“I don’t get creatively unstuck. I just write despite the fact that I’m stuck. I learned a long time ago that being ‘stuck’ is really just the unshakable belief that everything you can think of writing is shit, and while that may be true, it might also not be, and the biggest predictor of whether […]
Posted inFeature
Vinyl in the Veins
Behind the nostalgia lies an uncomfortable truth: Every record is made of oil.
Posted inFeature
99 Problems: The Ice Cream Truck’s Surprising History
From crime panics to TikTok, summer’s favorite vehicle has driven a bumpy road.
Posted inStory
Great American Wasteland
I am of that bit of earth. So I will not let it go. I show up in the small ways I can, which is talking to people, which is why I tell this to you.
