My Mother’s Dreams for Her Son, and All Black Children
She longed for black people in America not to be forever refugees—confined by borders that they did not create and by a penal system that killed them before they died.
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She longed for black people in America not to be forever refugees—confined by borders that they did not create and by a penal system that killed them before they died.
Hilton Als New Yorker Jun 2020 25min Permalink
How to get Americans to “pay $45 to $75 to run for their lives from 1,500-pound, bad-tempered beasts.”
Barry Bearak New York Times Nov 2013 Permalink
“The idea for Handybook occurred to me when I was studying at Harvard. It was so hard to find a reliable cleaning service to tidy my apartment! You know?”
Amanda Tomas The Billfold Oct 2014 10min Permalink
Gerry Pickens took a paycut to join the police department in tiny, overwhelmingly white Orting, Washington. Fired less than a year later, he’s now suing the town for enough to break it.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Apr 2015 20min Permalink
The birthing of a conspiracy theory that the record holder for oldest person, Jeanne Calment, was actually her daughter Yvonne, who had “stolen her deceased mother’s identity to avoid paying inheritance taxes,”
Eli Rosenberg The Washington Post Jan 2019 Permalink
“The key differentiator of Super-Aggregators is that they have three-sided markets: users, content providers (which may include users!), and advertisers. Both content providers and advertisers want the user’s attention, and the latter are willing to pay for it.”
Ben Thompson Stratechery Apr 2019 Permalink
A visit to the hotel North Korea starved to build, still unfinished after breaking ground in 1987.
Simon Parry The Daily Mail Dec 2012 10min Permalink
A final visit with late boxer Teófilo Stevenson, who could have fought or even been Muhammad Ali had he not stayed in Cuba.
Brin-Jonathan Butler SB Nation Jun 2014 30min Permalink
The misidentification of a Boston Marathon bomber and the future of breaking news.
Jay Caspian Kang New York Times Magazine Jul 2013 25min Permalink
It’s a sham known as “sewer service.” When process servers regularly fail to deliver summonses, it leads to to automatic evictions for unwitting tenants.
Josh Kaplan DCist Oct 2020 35min Permalink
The politics and rhetoric of Trevor Noah’s appointment as the new host of the Daily Show.
Wesley Morris Grantland Apr 2015 15min Permalink
A trip to Nashville to sample the city’s signature dish and try to understand why we love food that hurts.
Danny Chau The Ringer Sep 2016 20min Permalink
How do you start closing the gap between rich and poor? Convince the rich to do it themselves.
Michael Lewis The New Republic Nov 2014 10min Permalink
The son of an American anthropologist returns to the Amazon to reunite with his mother, an indigenous tribeswoman.
William Kremer BBC News Magazine Aug 2013 20min Permalink
On a remote island, a former airline executive and his wife are preparing for the world to end. Others are starting to join them.
Trent Dalton The Australian Jul 2014 Permalink
“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates The Atlantic Jul 2015 35min Permalink
Online startups can send you pills to cure anxiety. But is it safe to buy them?
Shannon Palus Slate Jun 2019 25min Permalink
In the throes of an epidemic, researchers investigate how to inoculate against the disease.
Siddhartha Mukherjee New Yorker Aug 2016 20min Permalink
What it takes to be the best alpine skier in the world.
Elizabeth Weil Outside Nov 2017 15min Permalink
One woman’s account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.
Ronan Farrow New Yorker Feb 2018 15min Permalink
The icon opens up about her mistakes, her family, and her journey to become a better person.
Diana Tourjée Vice May 2018 25min Permalink
In Sinaloa, Mexico, women recover the bodies of missing loved ones—and cook to keep their memories of the dead alive.
Annelise Jolley The Atavist Magazine Dec 2021 20min Permalink
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