Aaron Gilbreath
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Why Do Seventh-Day Adventists Live Longer Than Most Americans?
This conservative Christian sect takes the Bible’s messages about the body very seriously. Even non-Christians can learn a lot from their healthy lifestyle. → Read More
Thou Shalt Not Mess With a Mom in a “Mamacita Needs a Margarita” Sweater
“This mom runs on caffeine, wine, and Amazon Prime” is a funny t-shirt slogan, but there is a serious social phenomenon behind it. → Read More
How Jazz Pianist Erroll Garner Fought for His Rights
When Columbia Records breached one of their big star’s contracts back in the 1950s, he sued and won. → Read More
Old Dudes On Skateboards
The death of his life-long skateboarding friend prompts Aaron Gilbreath to get back on his board — at 44, with his toddler daughter in tow. → Read More
The Bonds Beyond Language
Twins have bonds that exist beyond words, and they fill the gaps left by what cannot be said. → Read More
Washington D.C.’s New Media Landscape Is Niche
General readers won't have heard of their publications, but Washington D.C.'s trade press cater to specialist readers who pay top dollar for the beats they cover. → Read More
On Beauty and Disability
Examining the body, disability, and the damaging idea of objective beauty. → Read More
Can Coastal California Adapt to Climate Change?
Rising sea levels and aggressive erosion could prove to be the greatest crisis modern Californians will ever face. → Read More
How College Professors Are Fighting for Their Lives
Adjuncts have unionized to try to negotiate a livable wage, but can their efforts defeat the college industrial complex? → Read More
Optimizing Meat 2.0
Can Impossible Foods’ meat facsimiles save us from our carnivorous appetites? → Read More
Why the Moon Is Suddenly a Hot Commodity
The next space race is on. → Read More
The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album
In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it. → Read More
Editors Thinking About Editing at the AWP Conference
The only way to work as an editor and a writer is to continue learning from other editors and writers. → Read More
Zuckerberg’s Trash Is a Subculture’s Treasure
An entire subculture of Bay Area residents survives by reselling wealthy residents' trash. → Read More
The Problem with Nature Writing
The sprawling Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the best place in America to reassess the way we write and think about the natural world. → Read More
Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety
Are we sacrificing our childrens' inner lives by protecting them too much? → Read More
The Paid Manipulators of Reality
By using avatars, Facebook, fake websites, and fake news, new private intelligence firms staffed by Israeli intelligence personnel are waging wars on perception to alter targeted groups’ beli… → Read More
Accidental Music History: How Jeff Gold Saved Rare Iggy & the Stooges Recordings from the Dump
Sometimes this is how musical history gets saved. → Read More
Our Understanding of Sun Exposure and Health Keeps Evolving
Who would have thought scientists would ever compare wearing sunscreen to smoking cigarettes? At Outside magazine, Rowan Jacobsen explores. → Read More
Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone?
Inside music journalism post-2008 recession, and how media consumption in the 21st century offers a road map for the continuation of the once-robust medium. → Read More