The religious origins of American liberalism
Meet Bill. He has four wives and thirty-one kids. And something’s missing.
By: John Semley   |   Wired   |   July 2022
As psychedelic therapies for mental health go mainstream, companies are recruiting chemists to create patentable versions of hallucinogens. Critics say it’s all a bad trip.
By: Ryan Busse   |   The Atlantic   |   July 2022
Good marketing is supposed to generate demand. Bad firearms marketing has given us a national nightmare.
By: Thomas Fuller   |   The New York Times   |   July 2022
With treasured forests perennially threatened by fierce wildfires, many experts say it’s time to cut and burn protectively. A lawsuit is standing in the way.
By: Nathan Heller   |   New Yorker   |   August 2022
Two tech-minded brothers are testing the market on themselves.
By: David Hill   |   McSweeney's   |   Dec 2011
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Meltdowns Have Brought Progressive Advocacy Groups to a Standstill at a Critical Moment in World History
The story we tell ourselves about today’s Stars and Stripes is a lie. The truth is much stranger.
By: Forrest Stuart   |   Dispatches from the Rap Wars   |   Sept 2016
My 18 months inside one of Chicago’s most notorious gangs.