A meticulous investigation of how Durham NC handed outsized property-tax relief to giant landowners. "A modest bungalow contesting a few thousand dollars was far likelier to walk away empty-handed than a global corporation asking to shed millions." @indyweek.bsky.social @writingthings.bsky.social
Leon Levine launched the Family Dollar chain in 1959 and also built one of the South’s leading philanthropies. Now the foundation is embarking on a $2 billion effort to help communities in need, while the chain stands accused of harming those communities. By Greg Lacour.
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I just finished Darcey Steinke's book "This is the Door," a frank and poetic exploration of pain, the body, heartbreak, aging, and faith. It is a wonder, Steinke's ability to stitch together a quiltwork of research and memoir and to write so elegantly about something so raw.
Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving.
My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of her life in forced servitude, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reports. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_KOh1W
"The president brings an odd combination of authoritarianism and hypersensitivity to the job. On the one hand, he wants to start, fight, and resolve wars without having to answer to Congress or the American people for it. On the other hand, he gets easily distracted and upset by their criticism."
One issue featured a Black man in the center of a bullseye to illustrate a story opposing UNC's Black cultural center. Another featured a Jewish student running for student body president with horns and a pitchfork. One cover featured a Rebel flag with the headline "Southern Heritage." By Eric Katz.
"I remember walking as a child with Grandpa George from his shotgun house on Dumaine Street toward Bayou St. John. Once, I asked why he didn’t have any brothers or sisters. 'I do, passé blanc,' he said with a dismissive wave of the hand. 'Better opportunities. C’est la vie.'" By Susan Saulny.
Just read "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man," @tomjunod.bsky.social's memoir about growing up with a swaggering, sun-worshipping, philandering father on Long Island. It has been a long time since I've felt myself dissolve into a book, unable to think about anything else.
Recommended: Revolution Gone Wrong, Season 7 of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social's investigative podcast Shoe Leather. Revisits the 1970 explosion in a NYC basement where the Weathermen were building a bomb to protest the Vietnam War. Among the interviews: Cathy Wilkerson, the sole living survivor.
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of her life in forced servitude, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reports.
History Podcast · Shoe Leather is an investigative podcast that goes behind the scenes of forgotten stories that shaped New York City. Go along with the team as they knock on doors and track down the ...
Chronic pain remakes you - it can make you a smaller, more fearful version of yourself. At the same time, it can also make you more present and connected and grateful. I spoke to Darcey Steinke, whose book details her encounter with that very strange beast www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Darcey Steinke wanted to write a book that wasn’t just about trying to get over pain. Her memoir, This Is the Door, explores how chronic pain changes us
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My friend @johnhendrickson.bsky.social has written an honest, beautiful Esquire profile of journalist Tom Junod, whom you might know for his stories about Mister Rogers or the 9/11 Falling Man. The article explores masculinity, secrets, and betrayal, and it's told with John's big open heart.
Estelle Tang
President Trump’s federal labor board pick founded and ran a student newspaper that belittled and disparaged Black, LGBTQ+, Jewish groups and individuals, among others.
https://www.notus.org/agencies/trump-federal-labor-board-pick-history-carolina-review
In a long list of classic stories, the legendary magazine writer helped teach readers what masculinity looks like in the 21st century. To write his first book, he had to confront the man who first tau...
