Eight stories to complicate your clichéd idea of Ireland.
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‘Raphael Couldn’t Have Painted Something More Beautiful’
The couple who saved an imprisoned artist’s life — and the extraordinary gift he gave in return.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, History, Quotes, Science & Nature
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Scientists knew how serious climate change is. Politicians knew. Energy companies knew. The U.S. was ready to act, and then we… didn’t.
Posted inEditor's Pick
I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics?
After a millennial questions misogynistic aspects of “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” actress Melissa Errico — currently starring in a Broadway revival of the show — considers the ways in which she has been able to adjust her portrayals of women in classic, retrograde musicals so that they appear to have more […]
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
You Don’t Move to Sarasota, the Spirit Moves You
“In Sarasota, there is a community surrounding a litany of roadside psychics and more than 100 mediums and spiritual guides. Why?”
Posted inFeature, Science & Nature, Story
An Atlas of the Cosmos
We’ve mapped Mars, the Moon, the solar system, even our own galaxy. Which means there is only one thing left to understand in this symbolic way and that is the entirety of the cosmos.
Posted inNonfiction
House of the Century
Daisy Alioto reconsiders the nature of architecture while researching window alarms.
Posted inStory
A Lover’s Blues: The Unforgettable Voice of Margie Hendrix
Remembering the woman who outsang Ray Charles.
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Arizona’s Aquifers Are a Laboratory of Our Dry Future
After large corporate farmers started growing nuts in one southeastern Arizona, local residents’ wells started going dry. The situation is only getting worse.
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25 Movies and the Magazine Stories That Inspired Them
A selection of 25 successful article-to-film adaptations that made it all the way to the box office.
