As people critique the statistical systems used to predict presidential-election outcomes, the debate draws into question the reliability of predictions in general. But before there was Moneyball, two Israeli psychologists used baseball to understand the flawed practice of prediction.
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Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Doctor Will See You Now
Sarah Miller eulogizes a close (but not close) relative.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Diary of a Do-Gooder
After years of trying to distinguish herself, Sara Eckel considers the value of door-to-door canvassing, phone-banking, and other anonymous tasks of everyday activism.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Writing
Use and Abuse
Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Braves Play Taxpayers Better Than They Play Baseball
“If there’s one thing the Braves know how to do, it’s how to get money out of taxpayers.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Uncategorized
The David Letterman University of Excessive Self-Deprecation
Talking late-night television, retirement, and putting comedy in service of our nation, with the great David Letterman.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Weighing Justice With a Jury of Her ‘Peers’
While serving as foreperson on a grand jury, Susana Morris confronts power and privilege in the criminal justice system.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake
A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
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.
