“Is Florida Man a hero, a villain or a victim? And is it still okay to laugh along?” (No, it’s not.)
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Finding a Path in a Broken System
Thailand is a top destination for gender confirmation surgery. Its success is a symptom of Western failure.
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This Week in Books: We’ve All Been Briefed
“They have washed their hands for you. / And they take the bus home.” —Jericho Brown
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
The ‘Treasonous’ Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns
Three stories on youth activism in conservative towns shed an interesting light on the national gun debate.
Posted inNonfiction
Snapshot of Canada: An Accidental Reading List
An incomplete portrait of a nation emerges from a stash of old print magazines.
Posted inNonfiction
The Great British Reading List
A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.
Posted inNonfiction
Before Donating Your Body Was a Choice
Whose nervous system is stretched out in a glass case at Drexel University’s medical campus?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The State of Waiting
Separated by war, boundaries, and immigration policies they cannot control, one young Yemeni couple refuses to give up on love.
Posted inNonfiction
Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How to Vaccinate a Planet
“By mid-August, preorders of COVID-19 vaccine candidates were reportedly stretching toward 6 billion doses, almost all of them claimed by wealthy nations. None of these vaccines has yet been proven to work.”
