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Discarded furniture and trash in a black dumpster on the side of a road with clear skies and sparse traffic, representing urban waste disposal and junk removal services.

The Eviction Experts: Can a City Stop an Eviction Crisis

  • Harper’s Magazine
Can a city stop a housing crisis?
A woman with glasses and a white blouse sitting on a brown sofa with children around her, all engaged with their phones, in a cozy living room setting.

The High Cost of Bad Credit

  • NYT Magazine
Desperate to improve their ratings, Americans now spend billions on “credit repair” — but the industry often can’t deliver on its promises.
Pregnant woman standing by window in dimly lit bedroom, soft natural light, contemplative mood, casual home setting, maternity photo, pregnant lifestyle image, indoor portrait, expecting mother, cozy indoor environment.

When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go?

  • NYT Magazine
How extended-stay hotels and motels became the last housing option for thousands of low-income Americans.
High-voltage power lines and electrical transmission towers at sunset. Landscape with electric poles and cables over a field, showcasing energy infrastructure and power distribution.

Power Failure: On Landscape and Abandonment

  • Switchyard

The poultry workers on the coronavirus front line: ‘If one of us gets sick, we all get sick’

  • The Guardian
Low-paid women in US poultry factories are leading the struggle for fair conditions and basic safety. As Covid-19 rips through plants across the country, they have a fight on their hands.
Rusty industrial valve machinery in an open field under clear blue sky.

Gas Companies Are Abandoning Their Wells, Leaving Them to Leak Methane Forever

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Just one orphaned site in California could have emitted more than 30 tons of methane. There are millions more like it.
Tesla giant statue during a car unveiling event with luxury sports cars and a convertible in the foreground, showcasing Tesla's innovative electric vehicle technology and branding.

Cities Bid for Tesla Truck Plant Despite Shrinking Coffers

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The urge to lure businesses with billion-dollar tax and subsidy packages remains strong.
Industrial factory with smokestacks emitting pollution, situated near a water body with submerged rocks and algae, under a clear blue sky, highlighting environmental concerns related to industrial pollution.

Nobody Knows How to Wean Manatees Off Coal Plants

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
A tale of unnatural symbiosis.
Sustainable energy partnership with wind turbines and renewable resources, symbolizing green energy innovation and collaboration for a cleaner future.

When Big Tech Goes Green, Taxpayers Help Food the Bill

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Google and other Silicon Valley giants have tremendous leverage over states, cities, and utilities.
Google Data Center satellite images showing various locations, including Facebook Eagle Mountain Data Center, Facebook Data Center, and other tech infrastructure sites, highlighting their geographic distribution and surrounding areas.

This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Indiana tries to lure the likes of Amazon and Facebook with long-lasting tax breaks.
Building with glass windows and a red brick base, depicting a metaphorical representation of workplace disruption and innovation, with colleagues collaborating outside and inside the structure.

When Midwest Startups Sell, Their Hometown Schools Often Lose

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cities keep handing tax incentives to local companies, even after they’ve cashed in.
Amazon delivery robot in front of a house with trees, illustrating innovative smart delivery solutions in modern homes.

Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The company’s rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else.

Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
In the poorest towns, where even Wal-Mart failed, the little-box player is turning a profit.
High-tech cryptocurrency mining data center with server racks, cooling systems, and digital infrastructure, emphasizing blockchain technology and digital asset security.

Facebook Won’t Hire You for Its Data Center

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Huge government tax giveaways aren’t yielding many jobs.
Professional speaker on stage at a dark auditorium with large screens displaying a man in a blue sweater, surrounded by colorful stage lighting and an attentive audience, promoting virtual events and presentations.

What Would Jesus Disrupt?

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Entrepreneurs from Cincinnati’s Crossroads Church try to scale their startups without selling their souls.
Bright orange shot glass with Amazon logo, tilted on vibrant yellow background, casting a shadow; symbolizes online shopping and Amazon brand presence.

Amazon Is Getting a Good Deal in Ohio. Maybe Too Good

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The jobs payoff is uncertain for millions of dollars in tax incentives and grants.

This Handheld Device Detects Opioids. It’s Not Always Right

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cops desperate for ways to fight fentanyl want TruNarc, despite its flaws.
Rusty oil drums on wooden pallets with green rolling hills in the background.

Why You Need the Internet to Drill in the U.S.

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Website EnergyNet is the leading hub for federal land leases.
Blue and purple blurred abstract background with gradient colors, ideal for digital design or tech themes.

Stop using ‘officer-involved shooting’

  • Columbia Journalism Review
$100 bills scattered on a pink background, symbolizing wealth and financial success, with a focus on currency and monetary concepts.

A battered FOIA collides with the $2 trillion bailout

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Libyan flags rally crowd of protesters, young boy on adult's shoulders, demonstrating national pride and political activism, vibrant scene outside government building, passionate demonstration for Libya.

Rethinking Foreign Reporting at the Associated Press

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Filing cabinets filled with organized documents and boxes in a storage room, showcasing efficient document management and archival solutions for business records and administrative needs.

FOIA is ‘one of the last tools of clarity’ on the family separation crisis

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Press conference with a male politician speaking to the media outside a government building, surrounded by journalists and photographers, featuring a crowd with a historical backdrop.

Big Tech’s Bid to Control FOIA

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Stacks of neatly arranged documents and reports on a clean, white background, perfect for professional, legal, or educational purposes.

How an Arcane New Accounting Rule is Helping Reporters Follow the Money

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Oil exploration scene with two business professionals in suits, one taking a photo outdoors near oil pumps in a rural landscape, highlighting energy industry, business, and environmental themes.

The Private Compay Selling Off America’s Public Lands

  • Outside Magazine
EnergyNet, an online auction company from Amarillo, Texas, is set to make a fortune from oil and gas leases under the Trump administration. And good luck finding a way to protest.
High-tech delivery drones transporting outdoor gear, bicycles, skis, hiking equipment, and a drone carrying a survival kit through the sky.

Amazon’s War on Gear

  • Outside Magazine
The e-commerce behemoth is on its way to becoming the biggest marketplace for outdoor-recreation products and its influence over the industry grows every day. Is this the apocalypse for the shops and brands that have fueled our love of adventure? Or can they learn to fight back without destroying one another?
Small speckled quail eggs with brown, black, and beige markings on a dark surface, close-up view.

Quail, the Quieter Backyard-Yard Egg Option

  • NewYorker.com
Young girl with headphones pointing upward during a music activity with children in a rustic indoor setting.

The Compassion Experience

  • NewYorker.com
Polar bear holding a Coca-Cola bottle in icy Arctic environment.

Should the Polar Bear Still Sell Coca-Cola?

  • NewYorker.com
Mya Frazier, journalist and author, specializes in investigative reporting on police misconduct and law enforcement issues, with a focus on police accountability and criminal justice reform.

A Camera on Every Cop: Taser International Cashes in on Police Body Cameras

  • Harper’s Magazine
Taser International cashes in on police misconduct.
Factory workshop with young students and instructors, historical textile manufacturing scene, vintage educational environment, early 20th-century industrial training setting.

Imperial Style

  • The Baffler
From riches to rags
Business professional woman in formal attire, speaking or presenting, with a confident expression, suitable for corporate or professional settings.

The New Digital State

  • Slate
From counterradicalization to tracking the arms trade, Google is moving onto national governments’ turf.
Close-up of a mother holding her baby boy, showcasing maternal love and bonding, with the mother gently resting her face against the child's head. Focus on motherhood, family connection, and emotional warmth.

Honor Your Mother: Don’t Watch That Patronizing Viral Ad

  • The New Republic
Boy looking out the window, child exploring, curious kid, child in pajamas, sitting on windowsill, morning sunlight, playful child, indoor scene, childhood innocence, relaxing at home.

How P&G Bought the Diaper Revolution

  • CBSNews.com
Pixelated image of a baby lying on its back, wearing a diaper.

The Data-Driven Parent

  • The Atlantic Magazine
Will statistical analytics make for healthier, happier babies—or more-anxious adults?
Child on swing hanging from large tree in a lush green field on a sunny day.

To Heaven and Back

  • Aeon Magazine
Is the heaven tourism memoir spiritual kitsch for the superficial seeker, or an earnest attempt to wrestle with death?
Elegant women celebrating at a fashion event in glamorous evening wear with intricate embellishments and jewelry.

Maybe the Solution to Normalizing Public Breastfeeding Is Victoria’s Secret

  • The New Republic
The lingerie company once offered a nursing bra. What happened to it?
Child on swing hanging from large tree in a lush green field on a sunny day.

To Heaven and Back

  • Aeon Magazine
Is the heaven tourism memoir spiritual kitsch for the superficial seeker, or an earnest attempt to wrestle with death?
Rusty industrial valve machinery in an open field under clear blue sky.

Gas Companies Are Abandoning Their Wells, Leaving Them to Leak Methane Forever

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Just one orphaned site in California could have emitted more than 30 tons of methane. There are millions more like it.
Tesla giant statue during a car unveiling event with luxury sports cars and a convertible in the foreground, showcasing Tesla's innovative electric vehicle technology and branding.

Cities Bid for Tesla Truck Plant Despite Shrinking Coffers

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The urge to lure businesses with billion-dollar tax and subsidy packages remains strong.
Industrial factory with smokestacks emitting pollution, situated near a water body with submerged rocks and algae, under a clear blue sky, highlighting environmental concerns related to industrial pollution.

Nobody Knows How to Wean Manatees Off Coal Plants

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
A tale of unnatural symbiosis.
Sustainable energy partnership with wind turbines and renewable resources, symbolizing green energy innovation and collaboration for a cleaner future.

When Big Tech Goes Green, Taxpayers Help Food the Bill

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Google and other Silicon Valley giants have tremendous leverage over states, cities, and utilities.
Google Data Center satellite images showing various locations, including Facebook Eagle Mountain Data Center, Facebook Data Center, and other tech infrastructure sites, highlighting their geographic distribution and surrounding areas.

This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Indiana tries to lure the likes of Amazon and Facebook with long-lasting tax breaks.
Building with glass windows and a red brick base, depicting a metaphorical representation of workplace disruption and innovation, with colleagues collaborating outside and inside the structure.

When Midwest Startups Sell, Their Hometown Schools Often Lose

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cities keep handing tax incentives to local companies, even after they’ve cashed in.
Amazon delivery robot in front of a house with trees, illustrating innovative smart delivery solutions in modern homes.

Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The company’s rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else.

Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
In the poorest towns, where even Wal-Mart failed, the little-box player is turning a profit.
High-tech cryptocurrency mining data center with server racks, cooling systems, and digital infrastructure, emphasizing blockchain technology and digital asset security.

Facebook Won’t Hire You for Its Data Center

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Huge government tax giveaways aren’t yielding many jobs.
Professional speaker on stage at a dark auditorium with large screens displaying a man in a blue sweater, surrounded by colorful stage lighting and an attentive audience, promoting virtual events and presentations.

What Would Jesus Disrupt?

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Entrepreneurs from Cincinnati’s Crossroads Church try to scale their startups without selling their souls.
Bright orange shot glass with Amazon logo, tilted on vibrant yellow background, casting a shadow; symbolizes online shopping and Amazon brand presence.

Amazon Is Getting a Good Deal in Ohio. Maybe Too Good

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The jobs payoff is uncertain for millions of dollars in tax incentives and grants.

This Handheld Device Detects Opioids. It’s Not Always Right

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cops desperate for ways to fight fentanyl want TruNarc, despite its flaws.
Rusty oil drums on wooden pallets with green rolling hills in the background.

Why You Need the Internet to Drill in the U.S.

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Website EnergyNet is the leading hub for federal land leases.
Boy looking out the window, child exploring, curious kid, child in pajamas, sitting on windowsill, morning sunlight, playful child, indoor scene, childhood innocence, relaxing at home.

How P&G Bought the Diaper Revolution

  • CBSNews.com
Blue and purple blurred abstract background with gradient colors, ideal for digital design or tech themes.

Stop using ‘officer-involved shooting’

  • Columbia Journalism Review
$100 bills scattered on a pink background, symbolizing wealth and financial success, with a focus on currency and monetary concepts.

A battered FOIA collides with the $2 trillion bailout

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Libyan flags rally crowd of protesters, young boy on adult's shoulders, demonstrating national pride and political activism, vibrant scene outside government building, passionate demonstration for Libya.

Rethinking Foreign Reporting at the Associated Press

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Filing cabinets filled with organized documents and boxes in a storage room, showcasing efficient document management and archival solutions for business records and administrative needs.

FOIA is ‘one of the last tools of clarity’ on the family separation crisis

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Press conference with a male politician speaking to the media outside a government building, surrounded by journalists and photographers, featuring a crowd with a historical backdrop.

Big Tech’s Bid to Control FOIA

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Stacks of neatly arranged documents and reports on a clean, white background, perfect for professional, legal, or educational purposes.

How an Arcane New Accounting Rule is Helping Reporters Follow the Money

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Discarded furniture and trash in a black dumpster on the side of a road with clear skies and sparse traffic, representing urban waste disposal and junk removal services.

The Eviction Experts: Can a City Stop an Eviction Crisis

  • Harper’s Magazine
Can a city stop a housing crisis?
Mya Frazier, journalist and author, specializes in investigative reporting on police misconduct and law enforcement issues, with a focus on police accountability and criminal justice reform.

A Camera on Every Cop: Taser International Cashes in on Police Body Cameras

  • Harper’s Magazine
Taser International cashes in on police misconduct.
Small speckled quail eggs with brown, black, and beige markings on a dark surface, close-up view.

Quail, the Quieter Backyard-Yard Egg Option

  • NewYorker.com
Young girl with headphones pointing upward during a music activity with children in a rustic indoor setting.

The Compassion Experience

  • NewYorker.com
Polar bear holding a Coca-Cola bottle in icy Arctic environment.

Should the Polar Bear Still Sell Coca-Cola?

  • NewYorker.com
A woman with glasses and a white blouse sitting on a brown sofa with children around her, all engaged with their phones, in a cozy living room setting.

The High Cost of Bad Credit

  • NYT Magazine
Desperate to improve their ratings, Americans now spend billions on “credit repair” — but the industry often can’t deliver on its promises.
Pregnant woman standing by window in dimly lit bedroom, soft natural light, contemplative mood, casual home setting, maternity photo, pregnant lifestyle image, indoor portrait, expecting mother, cozy indoor environment.

When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go?

  • NYT Magazine
How extended-stay hotels and motels became the last housing option for thousands of low-income Americans.
Oil exploration scene with two business professionals in suits, one taking a photo outdoors near oil pumps in a rural landscape, highlighting energy industry, business, and environmental themes.

The Private Compay Selling Off America’s Public Lands

  • Outside Magazine
EnergyNet, an online auction company from Amarillo, Texas, is set to make a fortune from oil and gas leases under the Trump administration. And good luck finding a way to protest.
High-tech delivery drones transporting outdoor gear, bicycles, skis, hiking equipment, and a drone carrying a survival kit through the sky.

Amazon’s War on Gear

  • Outside Magazine
The e-commerce behemoth is on its way to becoming the biggest marketplace for outdoor-recreation products and its influence over the industry grows every day. Is this the apocalypse for the shops and brands that have fueled our love of adventure? Or can they learn to fight back without destroying one another?
Business professional woman in formal attire, speaking or presenting, with a confident expression, suitable for corporate or professional settings.

The New Digital State

  • Slate
From counterradicalization to tracking the arms trade, Google is moving onto national governments’ turf.
High-voltage power lines and electrical transmission towers at sunset. Landscape with electric poles and cables over a field, showcasing energy infrastructure and power distribution.

Power Failure: On Landscape and Abandonment

  • Switchyard
Pixelated image of a baby lying on its back, wearing a diaper.

The Data-Driven Parent

  • The Atlantic Magazine
Will statistical analytics make for healthier, happier babies—or more-anxious adults?
Factory workshop with young students and instructors, historical textile manufacturing scene, vintage educational environment, early 20th-century industrial training setting.

Imperial Style

  • The Baffler
From riches to rags

The poultry workers on the coronavirus front line: ‘If one of us gets sick, we all get sick’

  • The Guardian
Low-paid women in US poultry factories are leading the struggle for fair conditions and basic safety. As Covid-19 rips through plants across the country, they have a fight on their hands.
Close-up of a mother holding her baby boy, showcasing maternal love and bonding, with the mother gently resting her face against the child's head. Focus on motherhood, family connection, and emotional warmth.

Honor Your Mother: Don’t Watch That Patronizing Viral Ad

  • The New Republic
Elegant women celebrating at a fashion event in glamorous evening wear with intricate embellishments and jewelry.

Maybe the Solution to Normalizing Public Breastfeeding Is Victoria’s Secret

  • The New Republic
The lingerie company once offered a nursing bra. What happened to it?
Discarded furniture and trash in a black dumpster on the side of a road with clear skies and sparse traffic, representing urban waste disposal and junk removal services.

The Eviction Experts: Can a City Stop an Eviction Crisis

  • Harper’s Magazine
Can a city stop a housing crisis?
A woman with glasses and a white blouse sitting on a brown sofa with children around her, all engaged with their phones, in a cozy living room setting.

The High Cost of Bad Credit

  • NYT Magazine
Desperate to improve their ratings, Americans now spend billions on “credit repair” — but the industry often can’t deliver on its promises.
Pregnant woman standing by window in dimly lit bedroom, soft natural light, contemplative mood, casual home setting, maternity photo, pregnant lifestyle image, indoor portrait, expecting mother, cozy indoor environment.

When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go?

  • NYT Magazine
How extended-stay hotels and motels became the last housing option for thousands of low-income Americans.
High-voltage power lines and electrical transmission towers at sunset. Landscape with electric poles and cables over a field, showcasing energy infrastructure and power distribution.

Power Failure: On Landscape and Abandonment

  • Switchyard

The poultry workers on the coronavirus front line: ‘If one of us gets sick, we all get sick’

  • The Guardian
Low-paid women in US poultry factories are leading the struggle for fair conditions and basic safety. As Covid-19 rips through plants across the country, they have a fight on their hands.
Rusty industrial valve machinery in an open field under clear blue sky.

Gas Companies Are Abandoning Their Wells, Leaving Them to Leak Methane Forever

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Just one orphaned site in California could have emitted more than 30 tons of methane. There are millions more like it.
Tesla giant statue during a car unveiling event with luxury sports cars and a convertible in the foreground, showcasing Tesla's innovative electric vehicle technology and branding.

Cities Bid for Tesla Truck Plant Despite Shrinking Coffers

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The urge to lure businesses with billion-dollar tax and subsidy packages remains strong.
Industrial factory with smokestacks emitting pollution, situated near a water body with submerged rocks and algae, under a clear blue sky, highlighting environmental concerns related to industrial pollution.

Nobody Knows How to Wean Manatees Off Coal Plants

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
A tale of unnatural symbiosis.
Sustainable energy partnership with wind turbines and renewable resources, symbolizing green energy innovation and collaboration for a cleaner future.

When Big Tech Goes Green, Taxpayers Help Food the Bill

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Google and other Silicon Valley giants have tremendous leverage over states, cities, and utilities.
Google Data Center satellite images showing various locations, including Facebook Eagle Mountain Data Center, Facebook Data Center, and other tech infrastructure sites, highlighting their geographic distribution and surrounding areas.

This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Indiana tries to lure the likes of Amazon and Facebook with long-lasting tax breaks.
Building with glass windows and a red brick base, depicting a metaphorical representation of workplace disruption and innovation, with colleagues collaborating outside and inside the structure.

When Midwest Startups Sell, Their Hometown Schools Often Lose

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cities keep handing tax incentives to local companies, even after they’ve cashed in.
Amazon delivery robot in front of a house with trees, illustrating innovative smart delivery solutions in modern homes.

Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The company’s rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else.

Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
In the poorest towns, where even Wal-Mart failed, the little-box player is turning a profit.
High-tech cryptocurrency mining data center with server racks, cooling systems, and digital infrastructure, emphasizing blockchain technology and digital asset security.

Facebook Won’t Hire You for Its Data Center

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Huge government tax giveaways aren’t yielding many jobs.
Professional speaker on stage at a dark auditorium with large screens displaying a man in a blue sweater, surrounded by colorful stage lighting and an attentive audience, promoting virtual events and presentations.

What Would Jesus Disrupt?

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Entrepreneurs from Cincinnati’s Crossroads Church try to scale their startups without selling their souls.
Bright orange shot glass with Amazon logo, tilted on vibrant yellow background, casting a shadow; symbolizes online shopping and Amazon brand presence.

Amazon Is Getting a Good Deal in Ohio. Maybe Too Good

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
The jobs payoff is uncertain for millions of dollars in tax incentives and grants.

This Handheld Device Detects Opioids. It’s Not Always Right

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Cops desperate for ways to fight fentanyl want TruNarc, despite its flaws.
Rusty oil drums on wooden pallets with green rolling hills in the background.

Why You Need the Internet to Drill in the U.S.

  • Bloomberg Businessweek
Website EnergyNet is the leading hub for federal land leases.
Blue and purple blurred abstract background with gradient colors, ideal for digital design or tech themes.

Stop using ‘officer-involved shooting’

  • Columbia Journalism Review
$100 bills scattered on a pink background, symbolizing wealth and financial success, with a focus on currency and monetary concepts.

A battered FOIA collides with the $2 trillion bailout

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Libyan flags rally crowd of protesters, young boy on adult's shoulders, demonstrating national pride and political activism, vibrant scene outside government building, passionate demonstration for Libya.

Rethinking Foreign Reporting at the Associated Press

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Filing cabinets filled with organized documents and boxes in a storage room, showcasing efficient document management and archival solutions for business records and administrative needs.

FOIA is ‘one of the last tools of clarity’ on the family separation crisis

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Press conference with a male politician speaking to the media outside a government building, surrounded by journalists and photographers, featuring a crowd with a historical backdrop.

Big Tech’s Bid to Control FOIA

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Stacks of neatly arranged documents and reports on a clean, white background, perfect for professional, legal, or educational purposes.

How an Arcane New Accounting Rule is Helping Reporters Follow the Money

  • Columbia Journalism Review
Oil exploration scene with two business professionals in suits, one taking a photo outdoors near oil pumps in a rural landscape, highlighting energy industry, business, and environmental themes.

The Private Compay Selling Off America’s Public Lands

  • Outside Magazine
EnergyNet, an online auction company from Amarillo, Texas, is set to make a fortune from oil and gas leases under the Trump administration. And good luck finding a way to protest.
High-tech delivery drones transporting outdoor gear, bicycles, skis, hiking equipment, and a drone carrying a survival kit through the sky.

Amazon’s War on Gear

  • Outside Magazine
The e-commerce behemoth is on its way to becoming the biggest marketplace for outdoor-recreation products and its influence over the industry grows every day. Is this the apocalypse for the shops and brands that have fueled our love of adventure? Or can they learn to fight back without destroying one another?
Small speckled quail eggs with brown, black, and beige markings on a dark surface, close-up view.

Quail, the Quieter Backyard-Yard Egg Option

  • NewYorker.com
Young girl with headphones pointing upward during a music activity with children in a rustic indoor setting.

The Compassion Experience

  • NewYorker.com
Polar bear holding a Coca-Cola bottle in icy Arctic environment.

Should the Polar Bear Still Sell Coca-Cola?

  • NewYorker.com
Mya Frazier, journalist and author, specializes in investigative reporting on police misconduct and law enforcement issues, with a focus on police accountability and criminal justice reform.

A Camera on Every Cop: Taser International Cashes in on Police Body Cameras

  • Harper’s Magazine
Taser International cashes in on police misconduct.
Factory workshop with young students and instructors, historical textile manufacturing scene, vintage educational environment, early 20th-century industrial training setting.

Imperial Style

  • The Baffler
From riches to rags
Business professional woman in formal attire, speaking or presenting, with a confident expression, suitable for corporate or professional settings.

The New Digital State

  • Slate
From counterradicalization to tracking the arms trade, Google is moving onto national governments’ turf.
Close-up of a mother holding her baby boy, showcasing maternal love and bonding, with the mother gently resting her face against the child's head. Focus on motherhood, family connection, and emotional warmth.

Honor Your Mother: Don’t Watch That Patronizing Viral Ad

  • The New Republic
Boy looking out the window, child exploring, curious kid, child in pajamas, sitting on windowsill, morning sunlight, playful child, indoor scene, childhood innocence, relaxing at home.

How P&G Bought the Diaper Revolution

  • CBSNews.com
Pixelated image of a baby lying on its back, wearing a diaper.

The Data-Driven Parent

  • The Atlantic Magazine
Will statistical analytics make for healthier, happier babies—or more-anxious adults?
Child on swing hanging from large tree in a lush green field on a sunny day.

To Heaven and Back

  • Aeon Magazine
Is the heaven tourism memoir spiritual kitsch for the superficial seeker, or an earnest attempt to wrestle with death?
Elegant women celebrating at a fashion event in glamorous evening wear with intricate embellishments and jewelry.

Maybe the Solution to Normalizing Public Breastfeeding Is Victoria’s Secret

  • The New Republic
The lingerie company once offered a nursing bra. What happened to it?