Debbie Weingarten considers the anxieties of mothering and being human in a volatile world.
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Walking Across California
To understand what the Golden State is compared to what it was, one solitary hiker follows the trail of the first overland Spanish expedition into California 250 years later.
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The Brazilian Healer and the Patron Saint of Impossible Causes
Leigh Hopkins faces the hidden truth about the world’s most famous spiritual surgeon and the irresistible desire to find ‘the cure.’
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Betting the Farm on the Drought
Farmers like sixth-generation Illinois farmer Ethan Cox can’t wait for policymakers to protect them from climate change. To survive, they have to adapt their operations now, if they can.
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I Entered the World’s Longest, Loneliest Horse Race on a Whim, and I Won
Somehow, implausibly, against all the odds, I became the youngest person and first woman ever to win the Mongol Derby. What made me so sure I was ready, when I was totally unprepared?
Posted inNonfiction
Edible Complex
Never eat pot chocolate on a third date, and other lessons about love.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Confessions of a Lapsed Catholic Dancer
Kate Branca considers the body as an instrument of faith.
Posted inNonfiction
Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici
Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Neanderthal
Jen Gilman Porat seeks a genetic excuse for her husband’s barbaric table manners.
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Is New York the Most Corrupt State in the Nation?
A robust local media is important to rooting out corruption, but so is a well-informed electorate.
