Kara Walker’s Subtlety By Longreads Feature In the summer of 2014, Kara Walker’s sphinx posed a riddle about women, sweetness, and power.
And Headbangers Shall Know Thy Names By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The untold story of two musicians who contributed to Guns N’ Roses’ early success.
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists By Jonny Auping Feature Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
Living That Early Bird Life, But Differently By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Why is the iconic early bird special disappearing in Florida’s retirement communties?
The Thing about Women from the River Is That Our Currents Are Endless By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Given a journal while hospitalized, Terese Marie Mailhot writes her way through generations of trauma.
Maternity Clothes for Women Who Hate Maternity Clothes By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A close, personal look at the evolution of the maternity clothing industry.
Once a Nerd, Always a Nerd: D&D 4Eva By Krista Stevens Highlight George Murray is “playing it forward” — sharing his love of Dungeons & Dragons by acting as dungeon master for families who want to learn to play.
Breastfeeding On TV Peaked in 1976 and Went Downhill from There By Krista Stevens Highlight Where was breastfeeding first depicted on TV? If you guessed Buffy Saint-Marie on Sesame Street, you’d be right.
The Many Acts of Keith Gordon By David Obuchowski Feature How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
A House of Refuge Marred by Violence By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The house at 808 East Lewis Street has helped the upwardly mobile reach for their dreams. It’s also seen great violence.
Jesus Is Everywhere in Port-au-Prince, but So Is Vodou By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Violent tensions have existed between Haiti’s Vodouisants and missionary Christians for centuries.
The Life of One of the South’s Greatest Folklorists By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Ernest Matthew Mickler wrote the best-selling White Trash Cookbook, but he was actually a skilled Southern folklorist, not a cook.
Miles and Coltrane’s Milwaukee Gigs That Never Happened By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight They were scheduled to play Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1959. So why did the gigs never happen?
Reconnecting with Nature, and with Wi-Fi By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What does a naturalist do at the end of their career!? Retire in nature, of course.
Wallace Shawn’s Late Night By Aaron Gilbreath Feature The playwright has a lot to tell viewers about human nature and our depraved era. Too bad so few people have seen his plays.
Possessed by Music By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Unraveling the mystery of the shirtless hippie who danced at countless rock shows in the UK during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Native Americans’ Persecution Continues; Only the Uniforms Have Changed By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Between deadly police shootings and a white correctional officer sexually assualting Native American women, the Bad River Band of the Ojibwe nation feels more preyed upon than protected.
It’s Hard to See Seafood As a Healthy Choice After Reading This By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A fish biologist makes a strong case against eating fish.
Smell, Memory By Longreads Feature Perfumers evoke the elegance of an imagined tennis game, not the stench of a real one.
Homelessness and Colorado’s Public Lands By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Illegal encampments on Colorado’s public lands are creating unsafe conditions for locals and damaging the land with trash.
The End of the Line for New York City By Michelle Legro Commentary Without a reliable subway system, the city “won’t die, but it will become a different place.”
Me Too, Except I Didn’t Stay Silent By Longreads Feature In the places I’ve worked, sexual harassment was identified as something that could destroy an organization. It was a story with consequences.
‘The Paper’ is the Most Essential and Overlooked Film About Journalism By Matt Giles Commentary No other film conveys the madness or the fun of deadline journalism.
How the American Meat Industry Exploits Undocumented Laborers By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Meat processing is one of the most dangerous jobs in America, even more so if you’re one of the undocumented immigrants who sanitizes the facilities.
‘The Force Awakens’ Brought ‘Star Wars’ Fans Back Together. ‘The Last Jedi’ Tore Us Apart By Nicole Dieker Commentary In a divisive year, we hoped a new ‘Star Wars’ film would bring us together. It didn’t.
Steve Bannon’s New Scheme By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Exactly what has Steve Bannon been up to since leaving the White House in August?
Longreads Best of 2017: Under-Recognized Stories By Longreads Reading List Here are the best stories we thought deserved more attention this year.
How Angry Racists Plotted to Kill Somali Refugees in Kansas By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A small town welcomed hundreds of Somali refugees. A militia splinter group wanted them dead.
Who Benefits from Homeless Relocation Programs? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Many American cities offer the homeless free bus tickets to move somewhere, but do these relocation programs do vunerable populations more harm than good?
Tearing the Heart from the Music Industry By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Digitization has removed the humanity from the music business, from collaboration to mutual respect.
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