Why Kanye referenced a nonexistent slave owner.
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Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Media, Unapologetic Women
End the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
It’s an embarrassment to journalism.
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On Junot DÃaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning
The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
Posted inBlog Post, Media, Unapologetic Women
Why Can’t Female Reporters Stay in the Picture?
Journalists who get screen time are most often men—even when the original story was told by a woman.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Quotes
You Can’t ‘Never Forget’ the Holocaust if You Haven’t Learned About It
A new study shows that knowledge about the Holocaust is dangerously at an all-time low.
Posted inBlog Post, Books, Commentary
Get With the Modern Age, Sign Up for the Longreads Books Newsletter
Sign up for the Longreads Books Newsletter, and you too could be never not reading a book.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Essays & Criticism
The Myth of Kevin Williamson
He’s not very good at his job.
Posted inBlog Post, Business & Tech, Commentary
Digital Media and the Case of the Missing Archives
The more work that journalists create for the internet, the more work is rendered obsolete.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Fiction
#DeleteFacebook? It’s Not So Easy
We use Facebook to access certain apps and stay in touch with distant friends and relatives. Deleting Facebook won’t stop other companies from misusing our data.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Nonfiction
6 Minutes and 20 Seconds
What Emma González taught us about the power of silence.