The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Melissa Brown, Brendan I. Koerner, Christopher Mathias, and Yiyun Li.
Burning Out By Sarah Trent Feature Search and rescue teams train for the worst conditions. But the worst conditions are getting worse. Are they ready for the next big disaster?
The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed” By Krista Stevens Highlight Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.
A Town Split By a Play About the 1980s AIDS Epidemic By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Sometimes art can challenge viewers enough to change them. Sometimes art just makes the narrow-minded angry.
When It Comes to the Climate Crisis, Don’t Forget the Power of the States By Livia Gershon Feature Even with the federal government in chaos, there’s still plenty of opportunity to solve a global problem.
Brigid, Magdalene, My Mother, and Me By Carmel Mc Mahon Feature Carmel Mc Mahon contemplates the legacy of trauma passed down through generations of Irish women.
How to Stay Out of Your Editor’s ‘Jerks’ File By Sari Botton Highlight Rule one of freelance writing: accept rejection with grace.
How To Destroy Texas While Helping The Coal Economy By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A three-part collaboration exposes the state of Texas’ willingness to violate federal law for the sake of the coal industry.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sophia Jones, Abigail Covington, Emily Raboteau, Mayukh Sen, and Barry Yeoman.
The Spiritual Path at Fat Camp By Mona Kirschner Feature After a ten-year relationship ends painfully, Mona Kirschner finds herself searching for emotional and physical healing at a weight loss center in Brazil.
Kissed a Girl By Longreads Feature Vickie Vértiz maneuvers her way around teenage love, friend envy, and being outed by her Mexican mother.
‘I Was Trapped Forever In This Present Tense’: Carmen Maria Machado on Surviving Abuse By Hope Reese Feature “She was always afraid of my voice. That was the defining factor of our relationship — fear of what I would say and write and do. She’s afraid of … the narrative that I possess.”
California Burning By Tessa Love Feature A year after the Camp Fire, Tessa Love contemplates home, California’s undoing, and what it means to belong.
Whose Boots on the Ground By Kiley Bense Feature We invest a great deal of collective energy in commemorating our war dead. But do we remember them?
The Art of Losing Friends and Alienating People By Laura Lippman Feature Laura Lippman, admittedly a rotten friend, is bummed by the ways in which friendships end as one gets older.
Walking Across California By Longreads Feature To understand what the Golden State is compared to what it was, one solitary hiker follows the trail of the first overland Spanish expedition into California 250 years later.
Should We Create New Life As Our Planet Struggles to Support Life In General? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Knowing what we now know about global warming, is procreation irresponsible?
B is for Bastard By Brian Gresko Feature As a boy, after the trauma of learning he is not his father’s biological son, Brian Gresko finds his sense of himself is shattered.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Allie Conti, Joe Sexton and Nate Schweber, Alexander Chee, Nell Scovell, and Bee Wilson.
“Labor-Saving” Kitchen Gadgets End Up Creating More Work for Women By Ben Huberman Highlight Instand Pot: great. Dover eggbeater? Not so much.
The Name Change Dilemma By Hannah Howard Feature Hannah Howard considers tradition, identity, and love as she navigates the decision whether to keep her name after her wedding.
David Letterman Is Truly Sorry By Sari Botton Highlight Ten years after calling Letterman out for creating a hostile work environment for women, Nell Scovell gets to talk with him about it.
Airbrushing Out the Evidence of Her Son’s Differences By Sari Botton Highlight Are you really achieving representation for your child with special needs if you’re only sharing the upbeat, attractive photos on social media?
The Misconception of the Wild By Carolyn Wells Highlight Leo Schwartz finds out what lessons can be learned from the burned-out Oregon backcountry.
Learning from Perimenopause and a Kpop Idol By Wendy Gan Feature Struggling with fluctuating hormones, Wendy Gan is inspired by the musician Mino to stop muting herself and return to writing.
I Never Wanted my Hemangioma to Define Me By Emily Weitz Feature Emily Weitz looks back at a childhood filled with surgeries, harsh stares, and proving she was more than just the skin on her face.
Carrying Histories of Protest By Longreads Feature Jaquira Díaz witnesses her father’s rebellious fight for a better life, and her homeland’s fight for its place in the world.
Can We Ever Make It Suntory Time Again? By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Excellent Japanese whiskies were easy to come by, until suddenly they weren’t. What happened? And why can’t one whisky aficionado let go?
Seagulls Who Eat People Food Poop People Food on Protected Lands By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Fast food is killing the human world. Now it could be killing California gulls’ protected island habitat.
