Here are 7 reads you might’ve missed.
In 2015, we will take you to the four corners of the globe to tell stories about improbable individuals shouldering mammoth struggles and about big ideas crystallizing in very small places. In the process, we hope to add rigor to the conversation about what it means to be a “global citizen” in this day and age. Before we march forward, we’d like to take the occasion to re-share some of the most compelling of our reads from 2014 that you might have missed the first time around. All of us at GOOD, wish you a happy and healthy New Year.
Reporter Tracey Lien spends time with a Nascar driver, a would-be prankster, and a lot of Comic Sans font, to show what Dogecoin can teach us about generosity.
Somalia has struggled to find its economic footing since the collapse of its national bank 25 years ago—and “solutions” from western governments have only made things worse. So how does a mom-and-pop money transfer service serve such a stabilizing force for the Somali economy? Contributing Writer Mark Hay peels back layers of political grandstanding and post-9/11 paranoia to find that a little trust goes a long way.
Contributing Writer Sarah Stankorb tells the story of Vyckie Garrison’s harrowing escape from a Christian movement that sees women as vessels for relentless procreation, painting a picture of a controlling religious culture hidden in plain sight.
For Asanda, a former sex worker in the “rape capital of the world,” prostitution was one of few alternatives for steady work, despite the risks involved. GOOD Cities editor Rosie Spinks shines a light on the tug-of-war between the organizations trying to help her.
In the years since it went off the air, Joss Whedon’s tele-feminist romp through vampire lore has inspired a cottage academic specialty. Contributing Writer Mark Hay jumps into the fray to see if academics behind “Buffyology” are grafting theory onto pop culture—or whether a girl who kicks so much undead ass has something to teach us all.
To find out about the latest grass-fed protein making a stir among conscientious carnivores, reporter Zachary Slobig hits the road with Colorado rancher Bob Hasse—eight yaks in tow—to explore America’s unyielding and unsustainable dependence on beef.
In this digital era, there’s at least one printed medium that’s thriving: the passport. In this Infographic by Ricky Linn, you can see that passports are much more than an access passes to new locations, they are geopolitical barometers, reflecting relations between countries and a particluar country’s stature in various parts of the world.
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