Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
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Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class
Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico.
Farah Stockman profiles manufacturing employee Shannon Mulcahy during her last year at Rexnord, a bearing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana that moved to Mexico for cheaper labor. As Mulcahy trains the Mexican men who will eventually take her job, Stockman posits that American workers are not only losing their livelihoods but also their identities — the […]
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Risking Severe Frostbite and Death via The New Underground Railroad into Canada
At Maclean’s, Jason Markusoff reports on refugees who, in the face of tighter U.S. immigration restrictions, are risking their lives to find safe haven in Canada and on the network of people helping them do it.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
An American in a Strange Land: A Journalist’s Tour of a Divided Country
After living and working abroad as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, Jim Yardley returns to the United States to see, with his own eyes, how the country has changed.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes
An American in a Strange Land: A Journalist’s Tour of a Divided Country
After living and working abroad as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, Jim Yardley returns to the United States to see, with his own eyes, how the country has changed.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
How the Emperor Became Human (and MacArthur Became Divine)
The end of divine rule in postwar Japan, and the absolute power of General MacArthur.
Posted inNonfiction
How the Emperor Became Human (and MacArthur Became Divine)
The end of divine rule in postwar Japan, and the absolute power of General MacArthur.
Posted inBooks, Feature, Nonfiction
Atomic Summer: An Essay by Joni Tevis
Buddy Holly, John Wayne, and the A-Bomb.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Franklin, Reconsidered: An Essay by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore revisits the legacy of Benjamin Franklin, who in his time was “the most accomplished and famous American who had ever lived.”