Carina del Valle Schorske traces a lineage of Puerto Rican backup dancers in American entertainment from Rita Moreno to JLo.
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Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
Cheese and Macaroni Do Not a Mac and Cheese Make
On the complex history and triumphant ubiquity of America’s most comforting staple.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Competition
Ever tried to skip a flat stone across a body of water? Happy with a few skips? Elated at five or more? To be the best stone skipper in the world, you need 89 skips to beat current Guinness World Record holder Kurt “Mountain Man” Steiner (88 skips).
Posted inNonfiction
We Still Don’t Know How to Navigate the Cultural Legacy of Eugenics
From abortion to immigration, a long-debunked scientific movement still casts long, confusing shadows over our most fraught debates.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Inside the Belly of the Beast: How the Burmese Python is Decimating Bird and Small Mammal Populations in Florida
If you live in Florida, you better keep tabs on your cat, lest it fall prey to the invasive, 18-ft long Burmese python hiding under your bushes.
Posted inNonfiction
My Unsexual Revolution
Diane Shipley confronts her history of sexual dysfunction and wonders who decides what ‘normal’ is, anyway.
Posted inReading List
Going the Distance: A Reading List on Running
Six stories about running and the human drive to push through pain.
Posted inReading List, Sports
‘Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body’ and Other Lies I’ve Been Told: A Reading List on Mental Health and Sport
Jacqueline Alnes shares 10 pieces that examine sports and mental health.
Posted inFiction, Quotes
‘They’ve Forked Baby Hitler’
High-stakes time travel adventure from sci-fi writer Jo Lindsay Walton.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History, Story
Mr. Rogers vs. the Superheroes
One of the few things that could raise anger — real, intense anger — in Mister Rogers was the willful misleading of children. Superheroes, he thought, were the worst culprits.
