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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.

Bill Shine in the Oval Office
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 8, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Jen Gann, Christine H. Lee, John Birdsall, and Anna Callaghan.

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ijeoma Oluo, Patricia Lockwood, Michael Shaw, Mairead Small Staid, and Adriana Gallardo.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Color of Money

by Sari Botton February 22, 2019October 19, 2022

After her book, So You Want to Talk About Race, becomes a bestseller, Black author Ijeoma Oluo offers to build her white mother a home with her earnings and learns how race can affect the ways adult children care for their aging parents.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

A Pot of Gold At Age 18, Basically

by Krista Stevens February 6, 2019October 19, 2022

Low financial literacy and big cash payouts for youth of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians can add up to problems.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 11, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tressie McMillan Cottom, Kashmir Hill, R.O. Kwon, Jaime Lowe, and Steve Edwards.

Carr Fire
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 7, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Johnson, Erica L. Green and Katie Benner, Jamie Lauren Keiles, Laurie Penny, and Jen Doll.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

For the Love of Phish: ‘The Art of Letting Go’

by Krista Stevens December 7, 2018October 19, 2022

“This is the other thing about Phish: you can be just as earnest and dorky as you want to be.”

Posted inCulture, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How One Alabama Sherriff Worked Openly to Oppress People of Color

by Aaron Gilbreath December 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Here’s what voter suppression looked like in Alabama in the middle of the 20th century.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

Science Has Yet to Prove Mold Makes us Sick

by Krista Stevens October 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Is it the black mold causing your headaches, or is it all in your head? Don’t turn to science. It has no answers.

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