14 Stories That Capture What It Felt Like to Be Alive in 2019
From the secret lives of MAGA wives to the rise of Mayor Pete, here are our most unforgettable reads of the year
Catfished by Jacob Wohl by Lexi Pandell
Recommended by Amanda Sakuma, Platform Editor, GEN
Jacob Wohl is best known as the right-wing troll who spectacularly botched his own plot to falsely accuse special counsel Robert Mueller of rape. But this isn’t just a story about his failed stunt (though the behind-the-scenes details are incredible). It’s a story about the woman at the center of the phony allegations, an oil heiress named Carolyne Cass, who fell into the hands of con artist after con artist. Her descent into the scam-infested world of Jacob Wohl is both heartbreaking and wild.
The Secret Lives of Democratic Women Married to MAGA Men by Michelangelo Signorile
Recommended by Sarah Begley, Deputy Editor, Books
Shortly before the 2018 midterm elections, a woman called in to Signorile’s SiriusXM radio show to share how hard it was to be a Democrat married to a Trump supporter. Another woman heard the segment and called in to say how much she…
