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Lloyd’s Mattress

by Scott Korb May 26, 2020October 20, 2022

Scott Korb contemplates disgust — his own, yours — at the kind of magical thinking that promises (with fingers crossed) to protect us from all the causes of dying.

Posted inNonfiction

Soli/dairy/ty

by Liza Monroy February 24, 2020December 16, 2022

As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

The New, Improved, Empathic Sarah Silverman

by Krista Stevens May 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Formerly controversial comic Sarah Silverman is “on a campaign to neutralize her haters with a weapon more powerful than a million burns: empathy.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

by Danielle Tcholakian August 24, 2017October 19, 2022

After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

by Danielle Tcholakian August 24, 2017October 19, 2022

After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Member Pick, Nonfiction, Story

It Was Like Nothing Else in My Life Up to Now

by Josh Roiland May 15, 2017October 19, 2022

In searching for meaning behind a random encounter and his mother’s death, Josh Roiland explores compassion.

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