MediumStoryboardThe Best of Medium (Week of Feb. 19, 2023)Curated byMediumThe best of Medium this week includes: A personal essay from Anton, in Kyiv, Ukraine, about the lights finally coming on after a long, dark winter as he marks the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion; Allison Wiltz on how and why Black New Orleanians made their own Mardi Gras krewes after being excluded; and the sordid end of the business telephone call by bestselling author Clive Thompson
MediumWhat I Learned Selling Comedy Tickets On The Streets Of New YorkMedium - John DeVoreEverything I ever learned about capitalism, I learned selling comedy tickets to strangers on the streets of New York City. The first lesson is to …
MediumTenderheadedMedium - TaLynn Kel“You can become an unremarkable part of my day or act in a way that makes me remember you.” When I was a kid, I wanted to be unremarkable. I wanted to …
MediumHow Does It Feel To Lose Half a Million Dollars?Medium - Tim WiseTo answer the question posed in the title: it sucks. No shock there, I suppose. And no, I’m not exaggerating. If I still had the baseball card collection …
MediumLiving the Dream at the Worst TimeMedium - Sarah StankorbI asked a friend how she was doing the other day. She told me, honestly, that professionally things had never been so good; personally, they were …
MediumHave We Already Forgotten Brittney Griner?Medium - 'bumpyjonas…And just that quick, Brittney Griner has disappeared from the news cycle. Just like she vanished into Russia’s prison system. We cannot let this …