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In 1971, an unlikely activist sued to overturn Iowa’s ban on married women and mothers playing school sports. She just wanted to play.
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In 1971, an unlikely activist sued to overturn Iowa’s ban on married women and mothers playing school sports. She just wanted to play.
Britni de la Cretaz Longreads Aug 2019 Permalink
Police departments have become more attentive to officers’ use of excessive force on the job, but that concern rarely extends to the home.
Rachel Aviv New Yorker Sep 2019 40min Permalink
How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.
Lisa Miller The Cut Oct 2019 30min Permalink
People said that women had no place in the Grand Canyon and would likely die trying to run the Colorado River. In 1938, two female scientists set out to prove them wrong.
Melissa L. Sevigny The Atavist Magazine Oct 2019 45min Permalink
When her former student was found wandering the streets a decade after she’d last seen him, Michelle Girard immediately agreed to take him in. Then she decided to do far more, including give him the Christmas he’d never had.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Dec 2019 15min Permalink
Banned in Russia and cut by Condé Nast from the GQ website, this story (presented in full) details the intrigue behind the Moscow apartment bombings, blamed on Chechens, that allowed Putin to rapidly ascend to power.
Scott Anderson GQ Sep 2009 35min Permalink
Data is the lifeblood of a functioning government. Over the past four years, the Trump administration has destroyed, disappeared, or distorted vast swaths of the information the state needs to protect the vulnerable, safeguard our health, and alert us to emerging crises.
Samanth Subramanian Huffington Post Highline Oct 2020 50min Permalink
An interview with rapper Drakeo the Ruler after he was released from prison, having previously faced the possibility of 25 to life despite being previously acquitted of murder charges related to a 2016 killing.
Jeff Weiss The Ringer Nov 2020 Permalink
The Air Force, beholden to corporate forces, is trapped in a contract with Northrop Grumman to rebuild the nuke program.
Elisabeth Eaves Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Feb 2021 35min Permalink
As more homicide cases go unsolved, the backlog of unsolved murders grows and serial killers are free to kill again. Too few police departments are effectively deploying their resources to stop them.
Lise Olsen The Texas Observer Feb 2021 15min Permalink
In 2003, the destruction of one particular statue in Baghdad made worldwide headlines and came to be a symbol of western victory in Iraq. But there was so much more to it—or rather, so much less.
Alex von Tunzelmann Guardian Jul 2021 20min Permalink
A son tries to make sense of his mother’s end.
Jacob Bernstein New York Times Magazine Mar 2013 25min Permalink
The history of blue jeans, “America’s greatest contribution to the global closet.”
Jenni Avins Vice Mar 2013 10min Permalink
A participant in a deadly shooting spree decides to snitch on his friends.
Kevin Charles Redmon Washingtonian Mar 2013 30min Permalink
A mother struggles to cope when a child is born with albinism.
Emily Urquhart The Walrus Apr 2013 25min Permalink
How self-harm came to take more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined.
Tony Dokoupil Newsweek May 2013 25min Permalink
Following a lobster from sea to table.
Ian Brown The Globe and Mail Jul 2014 35min Permalink
One rabbi’s tactics against husbands who refuse to divorce their wives.
Matthew Shaer GQ Sep 2014 15min Permalink
On the universal drive to grow and reproduce.
Annie Dillard The Atlantic Nov 1973 25min Permalink
A trip to the U.S. Open of ping-pong.
Eric Nusbaum Deadspin Oct 2014 25min Permalink
Fame, fashion, and a trip to the zoo.
Benjamin Wallace New York Aug 2012 15min Permalink
An essay about phone dials and a response to the end of blogging.
Paul Ford Ftrain.com Aug 2012 Permalink
On Teller, his magic, and his response to a stolen trick.
Chris Jones Esquire Sep 2012 Permalink
A trip to a grave in Damascus as shelling started in Homs.
Jennifer Mackenzie Killing the Buddha Dec 2012 15min Permalink
A trip to Hempfest with cannabis breeder DJ Short.
Jason Fagone Grantland Nov 2013 20min Permalink