Can Biden's Center Hold?
A profile of the candidate 100 days from the election.
A profile of the candidate 100 days from the election.
Evan Osnos New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink
I say, Where’s Breonna, why won’t anybody say where Breonna is? He says, Well, ma’am, she’s still in the apartment. And I know what that means.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Vanity Fair Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.
Paige St. John, Anna M. Phillips, Joseph Serna, Sonali Kohli, Laura Newberry Los Angeles Times Nov 2018 15min Permalink
She wanted to ride with men in one of the world’s most dangerous sports. She had a lot more than her competition to be worried about.
Steven Leckart Vox Aug 2020 Permalink
The Mews, a father-son team of orthodontists, have an unusual theory about the source of crooked teeth — one that has earned them a following in some of the darker corners of the internet.
I don’t want my part to get skipped over, but I still don’t know how to write directly about what went down between me and M. All I can do is worry a detail like an R&B singer worries a line.
Carina del Valle Schorske The Believer Aug 2020 10min Permalink
How UFO culture took over America.
Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Aug 2020 40min Permalink
When a Black lineman from Colorado State went knocking on doors in a white neighborhood, he found himself at the dangerous intersection of a national racial reckoning and a world of internet-conspiracy fanaticism.
Alex Prewitt Sports Illustrated Aug 2020 20min Permalink
YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer shared every step of their parenting journey. Except the last.
Caitlin Moscatello The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink
Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic.
Ed Yong The Atlantic Aug 2020 15min Permalink
A double life across two cultures.
Diana Xin Electric Lit Aug 2020 30min Permalink
For many trans people, getting gender-affirming surgery can be life saving. But a complicated and quickly expanding system can sometimes leaves patients feeling left behind.
Katelyn Burns Jezebel Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Vivian Stephens helped turn romance writing into a billion-dollar industry. Then she got pushed out.
Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Aug 2020 35min Permalink
Andrea Valdez is the editor-in-chief of The 19th*.
“You know how sometimes you hear a song and you think, Gosh, it feels like that song has always existed and an artist just plucked it out of the air and played it and now it’s a part of our musical canon? I really hope that The 19th* is a news organization where it feels like it has always been, should have always been, and will always be there.”
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Roberto Primero Luis set out across the U.S.-Mexico border last year as previous Guatemalan migrants had. But the crossing has changed.
James Verini New York Times Magazine Aug 2020 35min Permalink
A dispatch from the World Clown Association Convention.
Leigh Cowart Buzzfeed Jul 2014 30min Permalink
Inside Trump’s battles with U.S. intelligence agencies.
Robert Draper The New York Times Magazine Aug 2020 30min Permalink
Tennessee’s sick and dying coal ash cleanup workers fight for their lives.
Austyn Gaffney The Guardian, Southerly Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Giving birth as a black woman in America.
Naomi Jackson Harper's Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Inside the Trump 2020 campaign.
Olivia Nuzzi New York Aug 2020 30min Permalink
Each year, California’s child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.
Obinwanne Okeke was supposed to be a rags-to-riches Nigerian success story, was even featured on the cover of Forbes. Then the feds followed the money.
Aanu Adeoye Rest of World Aug 2020 15min Permalink
Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.
Luke Mogelson New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink
All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.
How the USPS works.
Jesse Lichtenstein Esquire Feb 2013 40min Permalink