Vegan and vegetarian dining options might be more common than ever, but around the country, vegan restaurants are closing at a quicker rate than their non-vegan peers. In this month’s Highlight cover story, Marina Bolotnikova investigates what’s happening to those restaurants as her own favorite vegan establishment closes its doors. And she tries to answer the bigger questions about the closures: What’s lost for the vegan community as restaurants disappear, and what does it tell us about the future of the plant-based movement? Also in this issue: falling in love with friends. 20th-century affordable housing is staging a comeback. A free, lightly feral hobby to escape your phone. And why are doctors paid less to treat women?
America’s empty bedrooms are up for grabs
What should you do if your friend is in love with you?
Where did all the vegan restaurants go?
The free, lightly feral hobby that will help you stop doomscrolling
By Rachel Wilkerson Miller