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The Disappearing Art of Maintenance

by Peter Rubin September 22, 2022October 19, 2022

What do you do with a subway car that’s been operating 25 years longer than it was designed to? What do you do with a phone that’s only designed to work for three? In this thoughtful essay, Alex Vuoco suggests that we look to the make-it-last ethos as a course out of the increasingly wasteful […]

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

China’s Communist Government Has a Strong Hold on Chinese Corporations

by Aaron Gilbreath January 22, 2020October 19, 2022

China’s largest e-commerce company is not only changing the way people in China shop, but how they think about commerce and each other in a Communist country.

Posted inStory

Telling Stories In Order to Live: On Writing and Money

by Sarah Menkedick January 16, 2020December 30, 2022

Sarah Menkedick examines the perils inherent in trying to earn a living as a full-time writer.

Posted inNonfiction

Can We Ever Make It Suntory Time Again?

by Aaron Gilbreath October 29, 2019January 20, 2023

Excellent Japanese whiskies were easy to come by, until suddenly they weren’t. What happened? And why can’t one whisky aficionado let go?

Posted inStory

Downsizing the American Black Middle Class

by Bryce Covert September 23, 2019January 27, 2023

Government jobs helped thousands of Black families move into the middle class. Now, increasing calls for government privatization are pushing them back out.

Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Essays & Criticism, Story

Pot Luck

by Livia Gershon July 30, 2019October 19, 2022

Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Big Problems and Big Paychecks in West Texas Oil Country

by Aaron Gilbreath June 4, 2019October 19, 2022

As the current oil boom attests. West Texas’ oil deposits come with high social and environmental costs.

Posted inCurrent Events, Story

The American Worth Ethic

by Bryce Covert April 8, 2019October 19, 2022

Like so many of our lofty ideals, the “American Work Ethic” is actually two different standards — one for the wealthy and one for the poor — with two different interpretations of what work looks like.

Posted inCurrent Events

The American Worth Ethic

by Bryce Covert April 8, 2019October 19, 2022

Like so many of our lofty ideals, the “American Work Ethic” is actually two different standards — one for the wealthy and one for the poor — with two different interpretations of what work looks like.

Posted inFood, Highlight, Quotes

“The Glitter-scurfed Frappuccinos” Is Totally the Name of My New Band

by michelleweber March 13, 2019October 19, 2022

Don’t disrespect the fish. Or do! It’s your dinner.

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