Haiku 42
Crows, pigeons and the wistful repetition of life. Poetry from the Star’s Andrew Hamlin.
Who Needs Them?
Second in the food bank series from roving reporter Sam Luis Obispo.
White Bodies, Black Faces
Yahdon Israel interviews Jess Row about his novel, and inquires why so many white people wish they could surrender their whiteness.
Who’s Regulating For-Profit Schools? Execs From For-Profit Colleges
Many accreditors of for-profit schools come from schools that have been under investigation. Annie Waldman reports.
Sunday Comics
I turn on my hearing aid/Don’t say/the Sunday Comics aren’t good enough/For king lazybones like myself/Because, Because
Wikipedia Activism and Diversity in Science
Restoring women and minorities to the history of science requires activism–Wikipedia activism. Hilda Bastian does the heavy lifting.
The True Story of Paradise
What really went down in the Garden of Eden? Fiction by Lisa Ysaye Tarleau.
Buried in The Language Archive
Concerning Julia Cho’s melodrama. Omar Willey writes.
Voter Privacy: What You Need to Know About Your Digital Trail During the 2016 Election
The right to an anonymous vote is a cornerstone of the U.S. democratic process. But in the land of Big Data voting is another opportunity for surveillance. Dave Maass tells you how to be on guard.
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