"Did women have no choice, Wilcox wondered, but to wander the world hoping never to step on a landmine of a man?" Read an excerpt from Christa Hillstrom's @atavist.com story about a nurse's quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in the US. longreads.com/2025/12/04/f...

Dawn Wilcox cares about the women who are murdered by their "loved ones." She created Women Count USA and has been quietly keeping track of chronic femicide. Her database is better than the government's. In a world that seems not to care about women, we need this resource more than ever. #EndGBV

"This is sacred work." Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America. magazine.atavist.com/2025/14445-a...

A haunting, urgent piece about a woman who counts the number of women murdered by men in the US and how profound an exercise it is.

"Did women have no choice, Wilcox wondered, but to wander the world hoping never to step on a landmine of a man?" Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America. magazine.atavist.com/2025/14445-a...

If the official release of the FBI's Big Foot files has you intrigued may I suggest reading my @atavist.com story The Truth is out There magazine.atavist.com/2023/the-tru...

OK, the last of the non-InfoSec long-reads for this morning - a story of the greatest art thief of all time, who targeted the wealthy and influential people in New York's social register, the Blue Book. magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

If you’ve not seen this particular jewel heist targeting particularly awful people story it may be worth adding to your inspo board bsky.app/profile/atav...

My favorite thing about @atavist.com stories is what I learn while being entertained. I had no idea there was a social register for our American aristocracy and that robbers used it in the 70s and 80s. Great storytelling by Jack Rodolico The art is also nice. magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

“Members could flip through the Social Register’s pages to learn the essentials about each other. What school did so-and-so attend? What yacht club did they belong to? Were they related to someone on the Mayflower?” (Via Longreads) magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

"They snipped the phone line." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer Jack Rodolico & @atavist.com! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

"While stealing art is a challenge, selling it—and making a profit—is much, much harder." Read an excerpt of the new @atavist.com story by Jack Rodolico, about a hard-working art thief—and the list he used to rob the rich: longreads.com/2025/11/04/b...

Obsessed with the Louvre heist? Eager for an eat the rich story because you're mad as hell? Meet the prolific art thief who robbed America's aristocracy blind. magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

The 'Social Register' was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful—the heirs of robber barons, scions of political dynasties, and descendants of 'Mayflower' passengers. It was also the perfect hit list for the country’s hardest-working art thief. magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...

Speaking of Maine and Nazis—this was a great story about the state’s response to one Mira Ptacin for @atavist.com

"A nation, like a body, can be marked before it recognizes the wound." For @atavist.com, Masha Hamilton looks for America on Interstate 95. Read an excerpt from our sister magazine's new story: longreads.com/2025/10/07/a...

"We’re traveling nearly 2,000 miles on I-95 from Miami to Maine, and pausing at virtually every rest stop. Our project is simple and vast at once: to ask fellow travelers where they’re headed, and where they think America is going too." New from @atavist.com. magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

For the @atavist.com Robert Weintraub came by to talk about "American Hindenburg." Great talk!

@cassidyrandall.bsky.social stopped by Pitch Club HQ to talk about her @atavist.com pitch for her story "Alone at the Edge of the World," a story was anthologized in Year's Best Sports Writing 2023. welcometopitchclub.substack.com/p/how-to-wra...

Thrilling read. @atavist.com

"Dirigibles promised the Navy omniscience, dispelling the fog of war with blasts of helium fuel." Read the introduction of the @atavist.com's fascinating new story by Robert Weintraub, about the crash of a Navy airship: longreads.com/2025/09/04/z...

The worst air disaster you've never heard of. Issue no. 166, American Hindenburg magazine.atavist.com/2025/america...

Reading this now and it’s fantastic.

Like a real-life Gatsby, this piece details how America’s first Black private detective, Sheridan Bruseaux, achieved greatness while hiding behind elaborate fictions, ultimately leaving a legacy as complex and conflicted as the times he lived in. By Matthew Wolfe in @atavist.com buff.ly/LviJoMC

"He had become wealthy and famous by unearthing other people’s secrets, but the man known as Sheridan Bruseaux was keeping a few of his own." An excerpt from the new @atavist.com story, by Matthew Wolfe: longreads.com/2025/08/05/b...

The remarkable story of America’s first Black private eye magazine.atavist.com/2025/the-tal...

A man almost lost to history as fabulous and fabulously flawed as the best of them. Great storytelling by Matthew Wolfe for @atavist.com magazine.atavist.com/2025/the-tal...

He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own. Issue no. 165 is here! magazine.atavist.com/2025/the-tal...

Here's the @atavist.com piece. It's an incredible read. All credit to the reporter, Dave Simpson, who covered the hell out of this story. And is still following it! magazine.atavist.com/2017/not-fuz...

Another great @atavist.com read with equally stunning art magazine.atavist.com/confessions-...

A good resource for freelancers. @atavist.com isn't on the list (yet?) but for reference, we pay at minimum $6,000 per story, plus royalties based on traffic. www.freelancingwithtim.com/p/freelance-...

American Illustration 43 Winner MATT ROTA @matt.rota #publication @atavist.com A journalist goes missing in Libya, his daughter is left to find out what hapend. #illustrationoftheday #ai43 #winner #illustrator #instaart

Larry Thompson's most famous murder inspired two books and a movie. Was he also responsible for a crime that's haunted Louisiana for nearly 50 years? Read an excerpt from the new @atavist.com story, "Conversations with a Hit Man," by David Howard: longreads.com/2025/07/08/h...

To learn more about David Wolman's coverage of the Egyptian revolution, read "The Instigators" on @atavist.com. magazine.atavist.com/the-instigat...

It's Issue 2 of Pitch Club! This features @atavist.com writer Rhana Natour and her pitch for her story "Coming to America," which won the National Magazine Award for profile writing. Each Pitch Club features a writer audio annotating their winning pitch. Read a little. Listen a little. Learn a lot!

Issue no. 164: Conversations With a Hit Man His most famous murder—the slaying of a wife and mother at the behest of her husband—inspired two books and a movie. Was Larry Thompson also responsible for a killing that's haunted Louisiana for nearly 50 years? magazine.atavist.com/confessions-...

Lena Rowat skied 1,600 grueling miles across the Coast Range to quiet her demons. But she didn’t begin to silence them until tragedy struck. Atavist no. 163, by @cassidyrandall.bsky.social, is here. magazine.atavist.com/the-longest-...

Thanks to @texasobserver.org and the judges of the Molly Award for this honor!

Thrilled that we've won the 2025 MOLLY National Journalism Prize. (In their words, "this annual contest celebrates the best in impactful, accountability reporting and narrative storytelling.") Congrats to Rhana and Eman!

Thrilling news: Our story "Coming to America" has been shortlisted for the Refugee Reporting Award. Congrats to writer Rhana Natour and photographer Eman Mohammed—and all the other shortlisted journalists!

I've read so many profiles of white women scam artists that it's nice to mix it up for a change, and is always the case with @atavist.com this is a meticulous and killer read. Great work fro, @mirandagreen.bsky.social

Really loved the shape of this week's podstack that features @atavist.com writer Miranda Green.

[Stefan voice] This one has it all: NYPD corruption, Floyd Mayweather Jr., diamonds, Kim Kardashian, crypto, alleged Ponzi schemes, an enormous house with an in-ground trampoline. Issue no. 162 from @mirandagreen.bsky.social, ALL THAT GLITTERS, is here. magazine.atavist.com/all-that-gli...

Huge congrats to Rhana Natour and Eman Mohammed, whose @atavist.com story "Coming to America" is a finalist for the prestigious #SHJAwards. Congrats to all the other finalists, too! scripps.com/fund/journal...

A mid-month treat for @atavist.com subscribers: a stunning photo essay about eagle hunting in Kyrgyzstan. Kudos to art director @edxjohnson.bsky.social for guiding this one to publication. magazine.atavist.com/the-eagle-hu...

A gorgeous piece on the ancient tradition of eagle hunting in Kyrgyzstan from @atavist.com magazine.atavist.com/the-eagle-hu...

Tonight, we celebrate Rhana Natour and Eman Mohammed for winning the Madeline Dane Ross Award for their work in the @atavist.com Magazine, titled “Coming to America.” Watch acceptance remarks here: youtu.be/LR2QBa5KN3A #OPCAwards86

Hats off to Rhana Natour on your ASME win for this incredible @atavist.com profile - edited by the great @seywarddarby.bsky.social . Congrats, all! magazine.atavist.com/coming-to-am...

Newspack publisher @atavist.com inspired another @netflix.com documentary series! Congratulations to the Atavist Magazine team on a successful investigation that illuminates the realities we all need to face about social media's negative impacts on children.

My article for the @atavist.com is a finalist for the Deadline Club Awards! Up against @bloomberg.com and an incredible piece from @satopol.bsky.social @nytimes.com that deserves it. magazine.atavist.com/the-last-sha...