On the Cover
Sr. Editorial Designer Dylan C. Lathrop & Guest Designer Gregory Hubacek cut out their favorite elements from this issue
further reading
Flyover Gets a Makeover: Small Cities in Middle America are Talking Big Game
- by Whet Moser
- ill. Amanda Buck
A Single Man: One Chinese Bachelor's Search for Love
- by Sushma Subramanian
- by Deborah Jian Lee
Think Inside the Box: What Time Capsules Reveal About Right Now
- by Matt Novak
- ill. Liz Mamont
Miller's Light: America’s Best-Loved Astrologer Tweets the Future
- by Siobhan O'Connor
- ill. Michael Gaughan
The Experiential Economy: Can Money Buy Happiness?
- by Ravi Iyer
- ill. Ryan Hubbard
Artisanal U.: The Radical Potential of College Without the Classroom
- by Anya Kamenetz
- ill. Jessica De Jesus
There Flows the Neighborhood: Follow the Booze to the Next Big Block
- by Noreen Malone
- ill. Daniel G Blackman
The Personal Press: Can This Machine Save the Bookstore?
- by Hilary Greenbaum
Waves Upon Waves: Arab Spring Refugees Cross the Mediterranean
- by William Wheeler
- photos Ayman Oghanna
Sister Bloggers: Why So Many Lifestyle Bloggers Happen to Be Mormon
- by Nona Willis Aronowitz
- photos Brad Ogbonna
The Memory Map: Is it Possible to Chart All the Territory in the World?
- by Justin Wolfe
- photos Daniel Leivick
Shamanism and the City: Psychedelic Spiritual Tourism Comes Home
- by Marisa Meltzer
- ill. Micah Lidberg
The Partisans Will Never Find Us Here: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the Art of Getting Shit Done
- by Jeff Severns Guntzel
- photos Amalia Nicholson
Aztec Rising: A Spanish-Language Network Makes TV Without Borders
- by Tim Fernholz
- ill. Adam Garcia
Turn On, Code In, Drop Out: Tech Programmers Don’t Need College Diplomas
- by Erin Biba
- ill. Bobby McKenna
The End of Cheap Coffee: Why the Diner Staple Is About to Become a Luxury
- by Zak Stone
- ill. Dan Matutina
What Women Want: Porn and the Frontier of Female Sexuality
- by Amanda Hess
- photos Scott Grover
