How Russia Has Been Spying in Plain Sight in San Francisco By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What was going on at Russia’s consulate in San Francisco?
Is Estonia Leading the Way to the Future Digital World? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Estonia’s ultimate goal in digitizing its society has less to do with automation than it does with embracing the transient nature of labor in the European marketplace.
Mimi Loves Phil: Life After Death by Overdose By Krista Stevens Highlight “How do I tell my kids that their dad just died? What are the words?”
Longreads Best of 2017: Arts & Culture Writing By Longreads Reading List We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in arts and culture writing.
The Downwardly Mobile Generation By Michelle Legro Commentary How job insecurity, student debt, health care, zoning and the housing market have compounded over decades to create a life few millennials can afford.
Longreads Best of 2017: Profile Writing By Michelle Legro Reading List We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in profile writing.
Treating Drug Epidemics Requires More Than Changes in Law By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How Portugal combats its drug epidemic with decriminalization, social services, and new ways of thinking.
Longreads Best of 2017: Food Writing By Longreads Reading List We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories.
A Pact Between You, God, and the Dance Floor By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Dancing the nights away with bar and bat mitzvah professionals known as “party motivators.”
Black Women’s Maternal Mortality Rates in the US are Staggeringly High By Danielle Jackson Highlight Shalon Irving was educated, insured, and well-supported by family and friends. She still became a casualty of missed opportunities and neglect by healthcare providers.
Things People Don’t Want Their Kids to Do By Catherine Cusick Highlight Some parents don’t want their kids to know how much money they have. They also don’t want their kids to become opera singers.
Suburbanizing Survivalism By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary Inside the booming business of survival food.
Jay-Z Opens Up About Race in America, Therapy, and ‘4:44’ By Danielle Jackson Commentary The hip-hop artist sits down for a wide-ranging interview with NYT executive editor Dean Baquet.
On the Contentious Borders of the American South By Danielle Jackson Highlight Zandria F. Robinson narrates her coming of age Memphis while examining contemporary southernness.
Destroying Music, One Playlist at a Time By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary Spotify’s corporate-branded playlists are not the solution to the music industry’s problems. They’re a new problem.
Portland, Oregon, Where the Law Protects Car Thieves Instead of Peoples’ Cars By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Thanks to wacky laws, Portland, Oregon has the third highest car theft rate in America.
Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace By Josh Roiland Feature Editors and writers discuss the ways David Foster Wallace’s work influenced them and what it was like to work with him.
Climate Change and Social Disorder in Central Africa By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight As climate change dries Central Africa’s massive Lake Chad, extremists and militant governments distrupt the lives of the tribes who once made their life here.
Second Life: A World that, for Some, Allows Full Participation By Krista Stevens Highlight Second Life offers both escapism and a refuge for its hard-core digital denizens.
Women in the Workplace Are Not Out To Get You By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary What do you need to do to have a consensual, romantic work relationship? The same things that make any workplace respectful and considerate.
The Dog Breeds Disappearing in India By Pam Mandel Highlight Skilled, sturdy and well adapted to the country’s tropical climate, these dogs are great workers and excellent companions. Unfortunately, the other characteristic Indian breeds share is that they’re disappearing.
The Consent of the (Un)governed By Laurie Penny Feature “Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
The New Face of Military Recruitment By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Army is working to increase the number of enlistments, and eliminate unethical recruiting practices.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Ethical Enjoyment of Museums By Michelle Legro Commentary In his review for the New York Times, Holland Cotter writes that the museum fails in “truth-telling.”
A Lonely Death: The Extreme Isolation of Japan’s Elderly By Krista Stevens Highlight Many members of Japan’s rapidly aging population live isolated, solitary lives in massive apartment communities filled with people.
How Some Apache People Deal with Intergenerational Trauma By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In the mountains of northern Mexico, some of Geronimo’s decedents try to forgive the perpetrators of the wars against Native Americans.
For the Love of Sturgill Simpson, Country Rocker Ignored by Country Music By Mike Dang Highlight A love letter to the musician with a clear country voice.
Joan Didion and the Nature of Narrative By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Assessing Joan Didion’s legacy reveals a fascination with the nature of narrative that often supersedes the author’s subjects.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Monster By Michelle Weber Highlight Does art exist in the world of personality and petty grievance and predation, or does it float in a morally-neutral ether? Depends who you ask.
The Real Refugees of Casablanca By Longreads Feature When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the U.S. consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.
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