“Squeamishness around meat is embedded into the English language — and by extension, Western attitudes towards the realities of meat.”
Search results
Open Season on Illegal Hunting
All our recent editors’ picks and an excerpt from “Big Game,” a deeply reported piece about taking down a group of notorious poachers.
My Trans Awakening—at Age 66
“The day I came out to her, it was like the sun shone for the first time.”
The Woman on the Line
“Every day, the calls come. She can tell quickly who might die.”
Misdirectives
“A public high school teacher asks why the wrong things cause a fuss in schools.”
Amor Eterno
“One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office. A year in the life of a grieving mother.”
They Took Part in Apache Ceremonies. Their Schools Expelled Them for Satanic Activities.
“Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago.”
Catch and Release
“Not everyone gets to publish their first book alongside their mentor.”
Flat Places
“Whenever I stand in a flat landscape, I feel myself becoming weightless, taken out of my childhood full of painful nothing.”
Silicon Savanna: The Workers Taking on Africa’s Digital Sweatshops
“Kenya has become ground zero in a battle over the future of content moderation in Africa and beyond.”

