On the Road With Dawes
American rock band Dawes returned to the Newport Folk Festival to perform their debut album, North Hills, on the 10th anniversary of its release. The performance was an anticipated highlight of the festival and a great representation of what makes Newport Folk Fest special: collegial collaborations with fellow musicians, a sense of collective belonging between…
Dating While Trans Is Complicated. HBO’s “Euphoria” Pushed Me to Unpack My Online Romances.
Mother Jones; Eddy Chen/HBO Like most girls in her generation, Jules, a character on HBO’s groundbreaking teen drama Euphoria, falls in love through her phone. “Literally just had the most amazing night talking to Tyler,” Jules, a high school junior, texts her best friend and classmate, Rue, referring to the crush she’s been messaging for…
How Journalists Took Down One Dialysis Patient’s $524,000 Insurance Bill
Sovereign Valentine, a personal trainer in Montana, underwent dialysis and got stuck with an incorrect bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars.Tommy Martino/Kaiser Health News Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. The dialysis kept him alive. Then the Montana…
Taylor Swift Might Actually Have A Good Album After All
Image Press Agency/Avalon/ZUMA Okay, Taylor Swift may not be the heartbreak queen of America, not anymore, but she sure is second or third in command. (For those wondering who the reigning queen of heartbreak and crush-pop is, that title was snatched by Carly Rae Jepsen with the release of her anthem against toxic masculinity, “Cry.”)…
The Summer Vibes on MAX’s Newest Track Will Have You Wishing This Season Never Ends
MAX This week: “Acid Dreams” by MAX & Felly (Colour Vision Records, 2019) Why we’re into it: MAX’s sound has always been upbeat, but “Acid Dreams” finally puts that energy into a track that’s both for the dance floor and a picnic in the park. MAX’s music is defined by its smoothness. Maybe it’s his vocals—which occupy…
The History Behind the Supreme Court Showdown Over Tribal Land Is Bloody and Violent. For Rebecca Nagle, It’s Also Personal.
Rebecca Nagle, host of “This Land” podcast. Crooked Media “The Supreme Court case no one is talking about” began with a murder. It could end with 43 percent of Oklahoma’s land being returned to tribal governments. In a way Carpenter v. Murphy encapsulates the larger history of Native dispossession—a story of bloody violence dissolving into…