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The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration
Art Director Kjell Reigstad’s insights on editorial illustration.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Story
Little Führers Everywhere
Vegas Tenhold spent six years covering the disorganized chaos of hate groups, and watched as they began to gather around a few media savvy voices.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Parenting Class Dropout
During her high-risk pregnancy, driven by a longing for normalcy, Paulette Kamenecka tried out a class for parents-to-be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
One Novelist Remembers Her Moment
The cover was striking: it showed a syringe. On the back cover one character leaned over a table, snorting cocaine. The calls from radio stations began, the advertising spots, the letters, above all the letters. Girls telling me about their first acid trip. Gay guys who’d been thrown out of their houses. Girls in love […]
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Rest is Advertising: Confessions of a Sponsored Content Writer
“As journalists imitate advertisers and advertisers imitate (and hire) journalists, they are converging on a shared style and sensibility.” Dispatches from the front lines of sponsored content.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction
How ‘Cops’ Became the Most Polarizing Reality TV Show in America
What one of TV’s longest-running reality shows says about race and our relationship with the police.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Story
How ‘Cops’ Became the Most Polarizing Reality TV Show in America
What one of TV’s longest-running reality shows says about race and our relationship with the police.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Case Against Christmas
Long after winter has ended, hating on Christmas remains popular sport, as much a holiday tradition as eggnog and overspending.
Posted inBlog Post, Reading List
Celebrating a Second Independence Day: A Juneteenth Reading List
Nine stories that explain the fraught history of the holiday, and the need for celebration.
