"The suspicious setup was on land that was part of the Panoche Water District, which for decades had been run by an outsize character named Dennis Falaschi."
"When they lost their beloved crossing guard, the students at Avenues The World School — Spider-Man, Wilder, Miss Seattle and the rest — paid tribute in cocoa and chalk."
Pointless elitism, or an urgent dress rehearsal for the climate crisis?
"The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists."
"The sight of a whiskered nose held just above the water, a small bow wave preceding it, never ceased to lift my spirits."
Pieces from Benji Jones, Howard Bryant, Carey Baraka, Sally Jenkins, and Jeannette Cooperman.
"The avalanche of broken relationships within this baseball community at Fort Myers High . . . served as a microcosm for a polarized country."
"Rodeo stars find purpose in navigating primal forces. None of them ever went harder than J.B. Mauney."
"Without stretches of silence, you cannot hear yourself or anyone else."
"In NYC, many wildlife rehabbers see pests as part of a thriving urban ecosystem."
"During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating."