Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise, by Vauhini Vara // Wired

Welcome to Digital Nomadland, by Susana Ferreira // Wired

Doug Rushkoff Is Ready to Renounce the Digital Revolution, by Malcolm Harris // Wired

Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own, by Thu-Huong Ha // Wired

Janelle Monáe’s Dreams of a Black Future, by Mary Retta // Wired

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing, by Vauhini Vara // Wired

The Unpredictable Magic of TikTok Beauty Filters, by Charlotte Shane // Wired

Ghosts, by Vauhini Vara // The Believer

Essays on Life in Poverty, by Joshua Hunt, Mitchell Jackson, Lorelei Lee // The Believer

Good Shepherds: Is AI Our New God?, by Meghan O’Gieblyn // The Believer

Surviving in America, by Weng Pixin and Sarah Wang // The Believer

The Doctor vs #MeToo, by Caitlin Chandler // Columbia Journalism Review

California’s First Heat Reporter, by Lauren Markham // Columbia Journalism Review

A Life Without Eating, by David Wong Louie // Harper’s

Saudi Arabia’s Body Politics, by Sarah Aziza // Harper’s

The Last Best Place, by Abe Streep // Harper’s

No Escape from Manus Island, by Michael Green // Harper’s

selected writing

How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth // Wired

The Man Who Invented the “Psychopath” // The New Republic

J.D. Vance: The Media Marine // Columbia Journalism Review

Do Animals Dream? // The Atlantic

Jenny Odell Can Stretch Time and So Can You // Wired

How Magazines Made Asian America // Columbia Journalism Review

Conversations with Friends: the Diversity Hire Podcast // Columbia Journalism Review

An Interview with Paul Salopek // The Believer

Women Who Walk Around the World // National Geographic

The Lightness (French translation) // Harper’s

The Send-Off (French translation) // Harper’s

Public Enemy, or: “He disrespected the Wu Tang Clan” // Harper’s