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The Week’s Best Longreads for March 2, 2013

The House of Pain Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker Can Eric Cantor redeem his party and himself?
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2013
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How and Why Josh Eidelson Went From Being a Labor Activist to a Labor Journalist (Also: Labor 101)

Josh Eidelson covers labor for The Nation, Salon, and In These Times. We met for coffee and I asked him a lot of questions about his life and his work, and then also some questions about labor (what…
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6668 words)

Longreads Member Exclusive: 'A Catastrophic Failure of Prediction,' by Nate Silver

It was October 23, 2008. The stock market was in free fall, having plummeted almost 30 percent over the previous five weeks. Once-esteemed companies like Lehman Brothers had gone bankrupt. Credit…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (656 words)

The importance of being Francesa: The man behind the mike

The clip, all of 1 minute 23 seconds in duration, spread across the Internet with the speed and precision of a missile strike. In the 10 weeks after it was first posted on YouTube, it received…
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7305 words)

The Top 10 Longreads of 2012

9. The Semplica-Girl Diaries George Saunders | The New Yorker | October 8, 2012 | 35 minutes (8,979 words) A father uses his lottery winnings for an extravagant birthday party for his teenage…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (283 words)

Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek

After a few minutes, the small talk faded. Worries went unexpressed. “When you’re up on top of a peak like that, it’s usually hang out for a second, and then it’s…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 20, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2164 words)

Longreads Member Exclusive: 'The Junket,' by Mike Albo

TO:  Mike AlboFROM:  Bettina Faustwell, Dudester PRRe: M?stery Tour   Hi Michael very nice to e-meet you. Charles says fantastic things about you. I am glad to hear you are a fan of…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (883 words)

GQ Addresses the Meggings Movement

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The problem with the Red Cross

If you thought the official New York marathon statement about being cancelled was tone-deaf, just wait until you hear this — on video, no less: Gail McGovern, chief executive officer and…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2240 words)
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