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I stand flush against the window of a Toyota showroom, trying to stay in a shrinking sliver of shade. We're on the cusp of midday, which, in Delhi in June, lasts most of the day and drives everyone…

Mother Jones guest blogger Mark Armstrong is the founder of Longreads, a site devoted to uncovering the best long-form nonfiction articles available online. And what better time to curl up…

On the battlefield of civil rights, Ed Pratt liked to say, learn to duck. Supporters think you don't do enough, and opponents say you've gone too far. It's life in a crossfire, and the coolly…

Oprah Winfrey is one great storyteller.So let her set the stage for the story of her years…

Because the wedding was illegal and a secret, except to the invited guests, and because marriage rites in Rajasthan are often conducted late at night, it was well into the afternoon before the three girl brides in this dry farm settlement in the north of India began to prepare themselves for their sacred vows.