Maddie Oatman
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Past articles by Maddie:
Inside the Powerful Anti-abortion Campaign to Convince You That Everything Is Just Fine
Be careful of what you read about miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies right now. → Read More
A Terrifying New Novel Imagines What Happens When Tech Lords Take Over the Government
"It doesn't feel like too much of an imaginative stretch, right?" → Read More
Why Old-Growth Forests Matter So Much in the Fight Against Climate Change
Biden's executive order to preserve ancient trees is a big deal—but it could have gone further. → Read More
Can the US Go Green Without Destroying Sacred Native Lands?
An Apache group is fighting to stop a massive copper mine in Arizona. → Read More
Hollywood Loves Rape-Revenge Plots. But What Story Are They Really Telling?
The deceptive message of “Promising Young Woman,” “Westworld,” and other #MeToo-era wish-fulfillment fantasies. → Read More
Can Co-ops Save Restaurants?
“We need a new idea, something that changes the rules a little bit.” → Read More
The Grassroots Activists Who Protected San Francisco’s Most Vulnerable—and the City—From COVID
Unidos en Salud “made the pain undeniable.” And then got to work. → Read More
Jake Blount’s “Spider Tales” Spins a Web of American History, Black Identity, and Banjo
A queer Black folk musician challenges notions of genre in one of the year’s most thought-provoking albums. → Read More
A Netflix doc wants to fix our food system with capitalism. 'Gather' argues that’s how it broke.
Two new films about tending the earth offer very different world views. → Read More
Why Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide Might Save Our Lives
“Rural resentment,” political scientist Katherine Cramer argues, “plays a major role in dividing America against itself.” → Read More
A Netflix Doc Wants to Fix Our Food System With Capitalism. “Gather” Argues That’s How It Broke.
Two new films about tending the earth offer very different worldviews. → Read More
Unsheltered in Place
Housing was already scarce and expensive. Then came the virus and the fires. → Read More
Can UV Light Slow the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Some restaurants are installing far-UVC portals at their entryways. But questions about the lightwaves linger. → Read More
We Can’t Prevent Another Pandemic Without Stopping the Infodemic
Pseudoscience mythbuster Timothy Caulfield studies how bad information gets into the wrong hands—and what to do about it. → Read More
Could Paying Farmers to Store Carbon Help the Climate and Save Farms?
The tech world is salivating over the idea. But some experts warn it's a field of dreams. → Read More
Megha Majumdar Has Written a Thriller for the Least Summery Summer Ever
Set in India, "A Burning" tackles corruption, justice, and social class. → Read More
Reopening a Restaurant Will Take a Lot More than a Governor’s Order
Dozens of Atlanta restaurateurs decried Kemp's decision to let people eat out again next week. → Read More
As CSA Orders Surge, a Farm Owner Reflects on Loss and Renewal in Rural California –
Most of the country is on hold, but fortunately spring is still moving forward. In California, it’s a time of sweetening strawberries and the first tender stalks of asparagus. CSAs—community-supported-agriculture programs—deliver these fresh offerings straight from farm fields to home kitchens. When stay-at-home orders took hold in March, and trips to the grocery store became fraught […] → Read More
The Complicated, Triumphant Woman at the Heart of the Film “Honeyland” –
Honeyland, an Oscar contender for both best documentary feature and best international feature, may first appear to be concerned with wild beekeeping in the small, landlocked Republic of North Macedonia. And bees do fill the film—flitting in and out of frame, stinging hapless neighbors, and alchemizing the harsh landscape into molten gold. But the documentary […] → Read More
Waiter, there’s a climate surcharge in my soup
A new initiative will use haute cuisine to fund carbon sequestration. → Read More