The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from David Dobbs, Rachel Aviv, Max Read, Holly George-Warren, and Bianca Bosker.
Elvis Has Left the Makeup Trailer By Michelle Weber Highlight What set Tom Petty on the path to music stardom? A childhood encounter with Elvis.
Trans, Homeless, and Turning Tricks to Survive By Krista Stevens Highlight Homeless trans teens: America’s most vulnerable population.
The Vegan Mayo that Dare Not Speak its Name By Ben Huberman Highlight Why is a vegan-food startup avoiding the term “vegan”?
The ‘Moderate Thoughfulness’ Hour with Preet Bharara By Sari Botton Highlight Media-friendly former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara tries out podcasting.
Fine for the Whole Family By Catherine Cusick Highlight Helen Rosner’s ode to Olive Garden, and why the chain can never improve a menu no one wants to change.
Mark Zuckerberg Would Like the Authority to Rule, Please By Ethan Chiel Commentary The Facebook CEO is in control of his company. He could just use a little more confidence.
“That Was the Final Straw”: On Reporting From Venezuela as It Spiraled Downward By Ben Huberman Commentary During two chaotic weeks in July, Christian Borys chronicled the stories of young activists facing an impossible dilemma: exile or dictatorship.
Should Youth Football be Banned? By Krista Stevens Highlight Esquire writer Luke O’Neil recalls playing tackle football as a kid, where “you can hit so hard that you knock yourself out.”
We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers By Ben Huberman Highlight Drywall, meet sledgehammer.
On American Identity, the Election, and Family Members Who Support Trump By Nicole Chung Feature Nicole Chung reflects on the burden of engaging with racism and educating white people, including some in her own family.
You Can See the Battle Scars By Christian Borys Feature How Venezuela’s resistance movement — and the country’s democracy — reached a breaking point during one week in July.
‘Hotchickenfrication’: One Fowl Enterprise By Krista Stevens Highlight The origin story of Prince’s Hot Chicken, and how imitators are polluting this spicy comfort food.
Gloria Allred’s Personal Crusade By Sari Botton Highlight First-hand knowledge of the trauma of sexual assault has informed Allred’s fight against it.
The Panic in Twin Falls, Idaho By Michelle Legro Highlight It had one of the most successful refugee resettlement programs in the nation. Then Breitbart came to town.
The Price of Tuition-Free College By Catherine Cusick Highlight Tuition-free college is a reality in California. The catch is that eligible students can’t always afford rent, food, or books.
Did You Happen to See the Most Interesting Man in the World? (He’s In Room 328) By Michelle Weber Highlight Libraries contain more than books — they have archives, and the archivists want to help you explore them.
28 Voices From the Storm By Krista Stevens Highlight The before, during, and after of how Hurricane Harvey battered Texas for five days.
Michelle Dean Uncovers Some Truths About Snopes By Krista Stevens Highlight The history of Snopes, the legendary internet fact-finding site.
The Rainbow Railroad to Canada for Gay Chechen Men By Krista Stevens Highlight Canada is taking in gay Chechen men subject to persecution, the risk to Canada-Russia relations be damned.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from John Woodrow Cox, Danielle McNally, Matt Richtel and Andrew Jacobs, Michelle Dean, and John Knight.
Changing of the Guard, Bee-Style By Ben Huberman Highlight When a queen bee dies, both her subjects and her beekeeper need to process the loss.
Twenty Years Later, The Dude Still Abides By Krista Stevens Highlight Despite being nominated for Academy Awards seven times throughout his career, Jeff Bridges doesn’t mind forever being Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski.
Why Industrial Laundry Is Dirtier Than You Can Imagine By Krista Stevens Highlight When industrial laundry workers weren’t touching human feces, they had to deal with third-world working conditions and sexual harassment.
Does Luxembourg Have Any Business Entering the Space Race? By Michelle Legro Commentary A nation skilled in exploiting tax loopholes aims to be the first to make money from asteroid mining.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes on the Trump Presidency By Danielle Jackson Commentary In an excerpt from his upcoming book on the Obama administration, Coates constructs an incisive look at Donald Trump’s political ascent.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Eli Hager, Bryan Curtis, Terry DeMio and Dan Horn, Alexander Nazaryan, and Ellie Shechet.
The Beer Drinker’s Guide to Getting Through 9/11 By Matt Giles Commentary Joshua Bernstein went to his roof that day to drink. He stayed there for a week.
The Mastery and Magic of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah By Danielle Jackson Reading List With her profiles of Toni Morrison, Dave Chapelle, James Baldwin, and more, Ghansah is an unparalleled chronicler of black excellence.
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Cartoonist Hustling for Money By Michelle Legro Commentary Bob Mankoff created a successful business model for cartoonists to get paid. Then Condé Nast ruined it.
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