Spencer Cohen takes a look at how the shockwaves of the Hiroshima atomic bomb reverberate 75 years later — during a pandemic.
Hiroshima in the Age of Virtual Remembrance
Essays
Time for an About-Face on Redfacing
Gary D. Rhodes talks about the progress — and lack thereof — of depictions of Native peoples in Hollywood and the American media.
Justin Turner is Smiling
Nathan Kalman-Lamb dissects the motivations of Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, who joined his victorious teammates after testing positive.
The Image of a President
Khameer Kidia finds similarities in the cults of portraiture for Robert Mugabe and Donald Trump.
What If Writing Lost the Plot?
Akanksha Singh considers plotlessness, and how it's perceived by stories of different cultural provenance.
A Moment of Reckoning for Nonprofit Leaders
Greg Berman inspects worrisome trends in the world of nonprofits, and the dashed hopes of those who join them.
To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
The Plaza in downtown Orange used to seem like a page from a conservative storybook. Not anymore.
The Fog of Web
An Xiao Mina links trouble discerning news about wildfires with mixed messaging on COVID-19.
Difficult Women: The Folly of the Reclaim Her Name Project
Brenna M. Casey dissects the difficulties of attempting to credit the real (or imagined) literary figures published under pen names.
We’ve Always Needed the COVID-19 Stories that Aren’t Being Told
Last week the people next door had a gathering. Six months ago, that might have been annoying if you had …
