Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.
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The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What Shattered My Mother’s Mind
Winston Ross recalls the heartbreaking ordeal his family endured after his mother’s routine surgery led to post-operative delirium.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women
This (Wo)Man’s Work
When men devalue the labor of women like Andrea Arnold and overvalue the work of even problematic men, it’s a triple whammy that diminishes the individual woman, women in general, and the overall quality of culture.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Did Brian Easley Have to Die?
A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How the NRA Sells Guns in America Today
At The New Republic, “military veteran, big game hunter, and gun owner” Elliott Woods goes undercover at gun trade show to learn about how the NRA marketing machine has gone into high gear to combat what they’re calling the “Trump Slump.”
Posted inNonfiction
‘They Happen To Be Our Neighbors Across the Span of a Century, But They’re Our Neighbors.’
One hundred summers ago, black Chicagoans were terrorized by whites during the Red Summer. Poet Eve Ewing talks about reaching out to her neighbors across time in “1919.”
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Cashing in on Standing Rock
Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, a self-described “peaceful, unarmed militia,” was established in 2016 to help protect Indigenous opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. High Country News finds that the $1.4 million they raised on GoFundMe during the confrontation was “at best, squandered and at worst, egregiously misspent.”
Posted inNonfiction
The Criminalization of the American Midwife
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
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Why Everyone Loves Macaroni and Cheese
“Popularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills America’s quest for the ‘cheapest protein possible.’”
