Testimony has become a battleground. What we choose to accept as true about other people’s lives says as much about us as it does about them — and journalism sits right at the center of that choice.
Planet 12 arrives soon. Each title gets its own home on the site — background, author notes, a reader’s guide, and discussion questions — built to be read, cited, and returned to.
One thoughtful piece a week, plus what’s behind it.
What the New Statehouse Bills Get Wrong About History
Legislation keeps invoking a past that never quite existed. A closer reading of the record.
The Memoir Is Having a Moment — That’s Not a Problem
Why first-person nonfiction still does work no reported piece can.
Language Changes. That Is the Point.
A short history of a contested word, and why definitions were always moving.
When the Correction Matters More Than the Scoop
Trust is built in the follow-up, not the headline. A note on the craft.
The Return of the Public Library as a Battleground
Fights over shelves are really fights over who a community says it is.