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“We just intuit what they need”: A zookeeper describes caring for animals during the coronavirus outbreak
The seventh part of "As Told To," our ongoing series about how the coronavirus is reordering peoples’ lives.
“I can’t imagine getting six feet of space”: A Starbucks barista on slinging lattes in a pandemic
The sixth installment of "As Told To," our ongoing series about how the coronavirus is reordering peoples’ lives.
“Hey, how’s Billy doing?”: An Ohio social worker on the toll coronavirus takes on disabled job seekers
Part five of "As Told To," our ongoing series about how the coronavirus is reordering peoples’ lives.
A Good Place: The alternate history of the C-SPAN archives
It's not really the first draft of history, so much as it is the raw notes.
An “explosion of mediocre rubbish coming out online”
An actor assesses the prospects of the theater under pandemic.
‘You gotta think outside of the box to keep yourself entertained’
A professional soccer photographer considers the effects of the pandemic.
‘We’re not going anywhere’
A mail carrier reflects on the impact of coronavirus
‘It took me 10 years to get to where I got’
A New Jersey barber on the toll that COVID-19 is taking on his life.
Facebook fumbles its response to coronavirus
The social media giant’s contracted content moderators are only now being sent home.
Coronavirus is causing some real code-red graphic design
The Outline’s in-house design expert critiques the internet's guides to staying healthy.
“Please daven at home, individually.”
The creative response of Jewish communities to the coronavirus crisis.
Here are some happy websites to go to if you’re sick of reading articles about coronavirus
The outside world is scary enough right now. The internet doesn’t have to be scary, too.
Can’t self-quarantine, gotta get those reps
For gym-goers, the treadmills still run during the coronavirus pandemic.
A Good Place: The only daily news podcast you need is from The Onion
‘The Topical’ throws the absurdity of being a news junkie into sharp relief.
Log off, fools
Before the Super Tuesday deluge, take some quiet time for yourself, and your sanity.
Cancel SXSW
A zillion other conferences have already been called off because of the coronavirus update, but none is more deserving of that fate than SXSW.
We are all quite literally becoming more myopic
The nearsighted population has increased by 14 percent in the U.S. and almost 15 percent in western Europe. Is society on the verge of going blind?
It shouldn’t take a pandemic for everyone to be less disgusting
Wash your hands!!
So no one told us the internet was gonna be this way
A conversation with Joanne McNeil about ‘Lurking,’ her new book of tech criticism.
A Good Place: A forum that cares maximally about cowboy boots
Only real buckaroos post on r/cowboyboots.