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Here at the End of All Things

On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.

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Wrapping the Sunday Paper For the Last Time

Andrew Bockhold finds a new appreciation for the family newspaper route he hated working as a kid, before it was shut down.

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I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

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Why Oil-Loving Louisiana Should Embrace America’s Coming Offshore Wind Boom

The budding wind power industry is rich in jobs, and the people of south Louisiana are ready for clean energy.

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Down and Out in Rancho Santa Margarita

When a retired cop starts robbing banks, it takes a reporter to figure out why.

You Can’t Embarrass a Dog, or a Trump

“Does he even know about… Let me stop you there. The answer is no.”

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This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Ellen Pao, Henry Wismayer, Taylor Harris, and Jeff Maysh.

Who’s Trying to Monopolize Mary Jane?

Amanda Chicago Lewis tries to track down the people behind BioTech Industries, a company trying to get strict, blanket utility patents on pot.

Moonshine: The Black Tradition of Distilling ‘White Whiskey’

If craft food culture looks overwhelmingly white, it’s because black influences have been routinely scrubbed from its history.

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The Lawn is a Lie

Am I proud of my lawn? Absolutely not. I am completely ashamed of it. I have a terminal case of lawn guilt.

‘Is This Gonna Happen Every Day in Charlottesville?’

A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.

Grenfell Tower: London, England’s ‘Katrina Moment’

How gentrification, apathy, and government negligence failed the residents of Grenfell Tower.

It Takes a Village: A ‘Village Voice’ Reading List

The paper redefined the alt-weekly and introduced readers to a new kind of journalist and critic.

Breaking Into China’s Counterfeit Supply Chains

How private detectives crack down on China’s rampant counterfeit industry.

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Hard Lessons in Living Off the Grid

A family tried to build its own sustainable paradise in Hawaii. Then Tesla’s batteries came to town.

A Look Back at the 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden and the Protesters Who Organized Against It

Seventy-something years ago, another massive rally took place in the United States that featured a clash between protesters and white supremacists.

How a Journalist Uncovered the True Identity of Jihadi John

Souad Mekhennet’s thrilling tale of late-night rendezvous, burner phones, and secret codes — and her quest to reveal the man in black.

Failed Promises: A ‘Bachelorette’ Reading List

This was the year ‘The Bachelorette’ tried to take on race. Things did not go well.

Whose Fault Was Dunkirk?

For years, historians have blamed King Leopold of Belgium. But did they fall for Allied propaganda?

The Hippies Who Hated the Summer of Love

The merchants of Haight-Ashbury advertised a summer of free food, free lodging, and free love. What they got instead was a civic nightmare.

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How a Journalist Uncovered the True Identity of Jihadi John

Souad Mekhennet’s thrilling tale of late-night rendezvous, burner phones, and secret codes — and her quest to reveal the man in black.

Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed

The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.

Whose Fault Was Dunkirk?

For years, historians have blamed King Leopold of Belgium. But did they fall for Allied propaganda?

The Brief Career and Self-Imposed Exile of Jutta Hipp, Jazz Pianist

Europe’s “First Lady of Jazz” moved to New York in 1955, played for five more years, then disappeared — while royalty checks piled up with her record label.

Billy Bragg: Skiffle Songs Are Railroad Songs

“The British kids were trying to escape the past as quickly as they could and the guitar offered them the best means to do that.”

Current Events

You Can’t Embarrass a Dog, or a Trump

“Does he even know about… Let me stop you there. The answer is no.”

Why Oil-Loving Louisiana Should Embrace America’s Coming Offshore Wind Boom

The budding wind power industry is rich in jobs, and the people of south Louisiana are ready for clean energy.

How Can Alt-Right Women Exist in a Misogynistic Movement?

An interview with Seyward Darby about her Harper’s cover story on gender dynamics within the alt-right.

Everyone’s Welcome, But Some People Are More Welcome Than Others

“Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”

Are Arizona’s Defunded Public Schools the Future of American Education?

Arizona’s struggling public schools offer a glimpse of what America’s public schools might look like under Betsy DeVos’ national voucher program.

Personal Essay

Wrapping the Sunday Paper For the Last Time

Andrew Bockhold finds a new appreciation for the family newspaper route he hated working as a kid, before it was shut down.

‘Is This Gonna Happen Every Day in Charlottesville?’

A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.

I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Lighter

Colin Gillis is happy with most of the changes a massive weight change have brought, but finds unexpectedness sadness and loss, too.

In a Swimming Pool, Learning to Trust

A swimming instructor for ten years, Matt Grant learned the most from his most challenging student.

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