In "The Testaments", Margaret Atwood expands the world of "The Handmaid’s Tale" ~books fiction.speculative Article 3898 words 8 votes
How Matthew Lopez transformed “Howards End” into an epic play about gay life ~arts theatre Article 7437 words 6 votes
A town for people with Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome: Patients moved from all over the country to Incline Village, Nevada, for an experimental drug. Then the drug disappeared. ~health medicine Article 6755 words 10 votes
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease ~health medicine Article 8361 words 9 votes
The survival of Iggy Pop - An inventor of punk rock on his long career, the future, and swimming in Miami ~music rock.punk Article 6209 words 6 votes
Silicon Valley's crisis of conscience: the private retreat centers where Big Tech goes to ask deep questions ~tech Article 6795 words 5 votes
How a historian uncovered Ronald Reagan's 1971 racist remarks to Richard Nixon ~humanities.history Article 2517 words 15 votes
The hidden cost of GoFundMe health care - When patients turn to crowdfunding for medical costs, whoever has the most heartrending story wins ~health medicine healthcare Article 6415 words 7 votes
How the elderly lose their rights: Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it ~life Article 8360 words 9 votes
While Rui Pinto sits in jail, his "Football Leaks" revelations are bringing down European soccer's most famous teams and players ~sports.football Article 9078 words 6 votes
The undercover fascist - A young Englishman got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement. Then he learned of a plot to kill a politician. ~misc politics Article 10 458 words 17 votes
Younger longer - With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever ~health Article 6032 words 7 votes
The age of robot farmers - Picking strawberries takes speed, stamina, and skill. Can a robot do it? ~food Article 6712 words 14 votes
Guantánamo’s darkest secret - The US military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise. ~life Article 19 771 words 14 votes
Louisiana’s disappearing coast - The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion. ~enviro Article 9457 words 9 votes
Stepping into the uncanny, unsettling world of Shen Yun ~humanities religion Article 3703 words 25 votes
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A grand plan to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ~enviro plastics pollution Article 6696 words 10 votes
Who owns the internet? (What Big Tech’s monopoly powers mean for our culture.) ~tech internet Article 3518 words 11 votes
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How Mark Burnett resurrected Donald Trump as an icon of American success ~tv Article 12 383 words 5 votes
Natalie Wynn: The stylish socialist who is trying to save YouTube from alt-right domination ~tech social media Article 32 votes
The young queer writer who became Greenland’s unlikely literary star ~books literature Article 1735 words 6 votes
Why are Americans still uncomfortable with atheism? ~humanities theology religion Article 4186 words 18 votes
The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture - Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth ~arts Article 6012 words 16 votes
One year of #metoo: A modest proposal to help combat sexual harassment in the restaurant industry ~food restaurants Article 1440 words 5 votes
Are you sitting down? Jill Soloway on the experience of having her father come out as transgender, which inspired her to write Transparent ~lgbt transgender Article 1937 words 6 votes
Yelp for noise: A new app helps diners find the quietest bars and restaurants ~food restaurants Article 752 words 14 votes
Senate Democrats investigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct from Brett Kavanaugh’s college years ~news usa politics Article 4071 words 15 votes