Ten Ways to Write Like It’s 1995
What old-school reporters can teach us about writing today
My father used to say my grandfather was a copy editor at a small-town paper long ago. He told stories about manuscript paper, red pens, and cigarette smoke just before deadline. Reporters of that era worked with far slower tools than ours, yet the stories they left behind somehow still read as fresh today.
October 12, 2026 · Julia Han
What Makes a Good Editor
On editors who open doors rather than guard thresholds
October 10, 2026 · Editorial Desk
Moving to a Better Internet in 2026
Why it’s time to leave the infinite scroll and return to the small web
October 8, 2026 · Julia Han
Three Nights the World Almost Ended
Ordinary people chose to do the right thing and saved us all. We hardly remember them
October 6, 2026 · Michael Jung
How the Neighborhood Bookstore Survived
The math of small shops that chose curation and community over discount wars
October 3, 2026 · Michael Jung
A Love Letter to Public Transit
Did you know the bus beats driving?
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Community Will Save You
The radical act of putting up with the hassle and staying put
September 27, 2026 · Julia Han
Making Art Is a Civic Duty
The small thing you make matters far more than you think
September 24, 2026 · Editorial Desk
Poetry Was Meant to Be Easy
A reader’s defense in the debate over short, simple poems
September 20, 2026 · Julia Han
The Economics of Compassion
Why care work doesn’t show up in GDP
September 16, 2026 · Michael Jung