After his death, Emily Urquhart ‘sees’ her brother with regularity. Nearly 20 years later, stories and science help to explain why.
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Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Sports
Overseas Elite: The Team Dominating the Single-Elimination, Winner-Take-All Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament has its own Golden State Warriors—meet Overseas Elite, a team of ex-college and pro stars who can’t be stopped.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Commentary, Nonfiction, Story
The Billionaire Philanthropist
It’s American tradition for CEOs to stockpile their wealth, avoid taxes, and participate in the theater of giving. Will Jeff Bezos make it scale?
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story
Oregon’s Racist Past
Starting in the mid-19th century, and extending through the mid-20th century, Oregon was arguably the most racist place outside the southern states, possibly even of all the states.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector Will Survive With or Without America
Despite president Trump’s desire to build a wall and revise NAFTA, the godfather of Mexico’s manufacturing sector said they will survive.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Food, Nonfiction
Forgetting the Madeleine
A pastry chef reflects on taste, memory, and literature’s most famous confection.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Wheel, the Woman, and the Human Body
How the newly evolved bicycle helped liberate women and modernize America’s concept of fitness.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
What Happened to eBay?
I haven’t peeked at eBay in years, and apparently I’m not the only one who’s forgotten it exists.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Finding True North
Thousands of Haitians who fled the United States on foot last summer have started very different lives in Canada.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The High Cost of Cheap Fashion
An expose on slave-like working conditions for undocumented garment workers, right here in the U.S.
