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Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Nonfiction
Inadvertent Matchmaker Seeks a Love of Her Own
I was introducing all my friends, but had no idea how to be in a good relationship.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Smooth Spaces, Fuzzy Lives
The border of Northern Ireland was one Rachel Andrews thought she could never cross. Then it began to dissolve.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Targeting and Killing of a Helmandi Combatant
I interviewed everyone present in the tactical operations center during a routine airstrike in Helmand Province. Without exception they believe themselves to be doing the right thing.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Against Confession: On Intersectional Feminism, Radical Catholicism, and Redefining Remorse
Laura Goode investigates her Catholic identity—the radical, feminist, social-justice-oriented version she discovered upon encountering the mysteries of marriage and motherhood—years after her departure from the guilt-stricken, conservative Catholicism of her upbringing.
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 inNonfiction, Quotes
An Imam’s Jihad Against Ignorance and Radicalization
At The Walrus, Nadim Roberts profiles a Canadian imam who is working to counter radicalization with knowledge.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Theater of Forgiveness
Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Theater of Forgiveness
Hafizah Geter contemplates the personal and cultural legacy of violence against Black bodies.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Writing
Letters from Trenton
While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
