Have Recreational Vehicles Killed the American Dream?
In her new book, journalist Jessica Bruder argues that, in post-2008 America, the nostalgic vision of RVs and other "wheel estate" is incomplete.
Browsing Tag
OCT 2017
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Letter From Gansu Province, China: The Strange Business of Subsidized Yak Insurance
In central China's Gansu Province, nomads can buy insurance policies for their sheep and yaks.
The Radical Street Art of Havana’s Youth
Their generation is more connected to the outside world than ever, but their art reflects a struggle to see a future in their own country.
Toni Morrison’s New Book Explores Society’s Tendency to Construct Otherness
Pacific Standard recommends The Origin of Others, which looks to spark discussion about the written word's role in perpetuating and complicating black-and-white binaries.
Field Notes: Patient Care in the Gaza Strip
Gaza City, Gaza Strip: A doctor and nurse stitch a man's finger in Al-Shifa Hospital.
Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social Change
In her new book, lawyer Tanya Osensky argues that constantly monitoring height is a symptom and driver of a pervasive "heightism" that unjustly frames tallness as powerful and shortness as weak.
The History of School Lunches
American school-lunch policy has always been at the mercy of broader ideological trends, from patriotic militarism to corporate neoliberalism.
A New Netflix Documentary Addresses Police Brutality With Personal and Political Force
Pacific Standard recommends Strong Island, more cinematic memoir than true-crime investigation.
Letter From Ventimiglia, Italy: The African Refugees Waiting for Rescue on Italy’s Mediterranean Coast
Waiting wasn't a misery the Africans expected on Europe's shore. At least a hundred of the migrants felt so desperate that they tried to swim to France.
Field Notes: A Dust Devil Whirls in Huth, Yemen
Huth, Yemen: In April, children watch a dust devil whip up sand as it travels across the desert landscape near the town of Huth, about 50 miles north of Yemen's capital.