When crime goes up, divining the root of the problem is usually as ideologically fraught as it is practically impossible. But this probing feature from Alec MacGillis eludes both traps. Instead, it examines two American cities and comes to a conclusion that’s all the more compelling for its obviousness: stop letting people rot in jail. […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Karen Hao, Rebecca Solnit, Mary H.K. Choi, and Andrew Buss.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed”
Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Melissa Brown, Brendan I. Koerner, Christopher Mathias, and Yiyun Li.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2021: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Investigative Reporting
Our top picks for investigative journalism this year.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
An American City, Inhabited Yet Abandoned
“Not a single person was killed on the day of the rioting. But the following month, May, would conclude with 41 homicides — the most the city had experienced in a month since the 1970s.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Chloe Cooper Jones, Adam Serwer, Emma Marris, and Mik Awake.
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Longreads Best of 2019: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Our top picks of the year, all in one place.
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Alternative Reality: ‘Three Wrongfully Convicted Men, 40 Years, and a City That Still Refuses to be Honest With Itself’
Matthew Kassel brings us eight excellent reads from alt-weeklies across the United States.
