America binged on expansion, relying on land grabs as an engine of growth and a way to externalize racial hatred. Historian Greg Grandin asks, without a frontier, what can America be?
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The Danger of Desire
Faylita Hicks considers what it means to be a Black nonbinary activist in the age of Trump — and questions how the social justice movement has changed the way they have sex.
Posted inBooks, Crime, History, Story
Monopoly vs. the Magic Cape
Trust busting is a great idea. But would it be enough?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
How the Chinese Government is Eradicating a Species and a Way of Life
How the Chinese government has turned a herding minority into performers for tourists.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Where Even Walmart Won’t Go: How Dollar General Took Over Rural America
In small towns across Kansas, residents and community leaders grapple with the increasingly ubiquitous presence of America’s fastest-growing retailer.
Posted inNonfiction
Bikini Kill — and My Bunkmates — Taught Me How to Unleash My Anger
While away at summer camp, Melissa Febos discovers the power of her generation’s rage and feminism.
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The Bullshit-Job Boom
Existentialists with agita, rejoice. We now have an anthropologist’s new book confirming that what we do means nothing. David Greaber’s Bullshit Jobs examines the current work economy and how we attribute meaning to our lives with possibly (probably?) meaningless tasks.
Posted inFood, Highlight, Quotes, Science & Nature, Technology
Great News Everyone, We’ll Never Have Shared Food Experiences Ever Again
To every man and woman their own Dorito.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
On Asylums
A problematic cat offered more insight into the author’s ailing father than you’d think.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
Climate Messaging: A Case for Negativity
Nell Zink, Joy Williams, and a different kind of climate skepticism.
