Tax the Rich By Livia Gershon Feature In this economy, what’s a fair share? Friends: We Need Your Help to Fund More Stories
Dawn of Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and the Origins of Scientology By nevalalee Feature Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.
Announcing the 2018 Longreads Member Drive By Mike Dang Commentary Today we’re launching the 2018 Longreads Member Drive with the goal of raising $50,000 from readers by November 2.
Reading with Kiese Laymon’s “Heavy” By Danielle Jackson Commentary “Heavy” confronts generations of Black art.
Shackled to Twitter By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The pros and cons of building one’s brand on Twitter.
I Remember When Rock was Young: Elton John at 71 By Krista Stevens Highlight “He’s sold 150 million albums and been famous for five decades. But do we really know Elton John?”
Lacy M. Johnson on Rejecting the Need to Be Liked By Krista Stevens Highlight “As a woman, I have been raised to be nurturing, to care for others feelings’ and wellbeing often at the expense of my own.”
I Believe Her: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List Eight pieces about women fighting to be seen and heard.
Marriage Proposal Follies By Amy Deneson Feature After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
The Last Puerto Rican Social Club in Brooklyn By C.J. Karlsson Feature Social clubs were once the glue that held the Puerto Rican diaspora together. Today, there’s only one left in Brooklyn.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Ethan Watters, Rachel Monroe, Barry Yeoman, Tom Scocca, and Sarah Gailey.
West Across the Sea By Sam Riches Feature Tryggvi Hlinason is a sheep farmer at the center of a new generation of Icelandic basketball talent. He’s trying to do something that only one other Icelander has done before — play in the NBA.
Raised by Hip-Hop By Juan Vidal Feature In hip-hop and skateboarding, one young man finds an outlet for his aggression.
A Woman Becomes a Nightingale By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.
Living with Dolly Parton By Jessica Wilkerson Feature Asking difficult questions often comes at a cost.
A Visit to Opioid Country By Aaron Thier Feature Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
A Birth Plan for Dying By Hanna Neuschwander Feature Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.
When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Old House By Siddhartha Mahanta Feature Siddhartha Mahanta looks back at the small suburban starter house in Texas that helped his immigrant father redefine “home.”
The Return of the Face By Adrian Daub Feature Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?
Did We Learn Nothing From the 2008 Crisis? By Matt Giles Commentary The continuation of the false narrative of what caused the 2008 financial collapse is alarming.
Reading with Kiese Laymon’s “Heavy” By Danielle Jackson Commentary “Heavy” confronts generations of Black art.
Dawn of Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and the Origins of Scientology By nevalalee Feature Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.
If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR By Will Meyer Feature “Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
Sarah Perry on ‘Melmoth,’ Monsters, and Making Her Readers Feel Responsible for Mass Atrocity By Bridey Heing Feature “It was important to me that the ‘villains’ in the book were ordinary people, because readers are ordinary people, and people who do terrible things are often ordinary people.”
This Month In Books: “Once You Can See the Pattern” By Dana Snitzky Commentary A lot of what you’ll read in this month’s books newsletter is about things not seeming to be what they really are.
Reading with Kiese Laymon’s “Heavy” By Danielle Jackson Commentary “Heavy” confronts generations of Black art.
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness By Soraya Roberts Feature In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR By Will Meyer Feature “Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
The Women Who Help Immigrant Women Escape Domestic Abuse By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.
Lacy M. Johnson on Rejecting the Need to Be Liked By Krista Stevens Highlight “As a woman, I have been raised to be nurturing, to care for others feelings’ and wellbeing often at the expense of my own.”
Marriage Proposal Follies By Amy Deneson Feature After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
A Woman Becomes a Nightingale By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.
If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR By Will Meyer Feature “Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
‘Do you like scary movies?’ By Michelle Weber Highlight We voluntarily watch horror movies, despite the very real fight-or-flight physical reactions they provoke. Why?
