6 Minutes and 20 Seconds By Tom Maxwell Commentary What Emma González taught us about the power of silence.
Growing Up Around Funeral Homes Didn’t Prepare Me for Death By Jodie Briggs Feature As the daughter of a funeral director, Jodie Briggs thought she knew all about death. Then her dad almost died.
Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sloane Crosley, Jason Fagone, Bronwen Dickey, Heather Radke, and Kelly Conaboy.
Are The Teens All Right? By Danielle Tcholakian Feature In the aftermath of the school shooting, teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have organized and demanded change from lawmakers. They’ve also been deeply traumatized.
With a Rent-Stabilized Lease, Finding the Line Between Luck and a Life Sentence By Eryn Loeb Feature Eryn Loeb recalls the tiny, decrepit tenement where she lived for a decade, and the cool aunt who passed it on to her.
My Dog is 10.3% Supermutt By Krista Stevens Highlight Because she wants to know everything about him, Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker.
David Chang’s ‘Ugly Delicious’ Pushes Food TV in the Right Direction By Matt Giles Commentary ‘Ugly Delicious’ is everything that food TV should be, but a failure to address today’s most pressing issues leaves us wanting much, much more.
It’s Time for Real Talk About Aliens By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight No time in human history has presented clearer, more compelling evidence that something unexplained is interacting with human beings, be they aliens or UFOs.
The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval By Longreads Feature Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
Hoffnung um jeden Preis By Lindsay Gellman Feature Privatkliniken in Deutschland verkaufen Krebspatienten Hoffnung zu Höchstpreisen — mit durchwachsenem Erfolg.
The Last Resort By Lindsay Gellman Feature Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.
Drowning In a River of Murky Thought By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After his high school friend drowns, a young academic’s mind leads him down a dark path of conspiratorial explanations.
Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class By Livia Gershon Feature Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
How Do You Control One of Nature’s Biggest Rivers? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The Mississippi River’s infrastructure is aging, and no one can agree who should fix it.
The Island that Disappeared By Aaron Gilbreath Feature An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.
Jared the Menace By Catherine Cusick Highlight Sloane Crosley faces the music. Jared’s music. Knock it off, Jared. Jared?! Jared!!!
Climate Change Is Personal for These Alaskan Women By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Here are the voices of the Alaskans threatened by climate change.
Use and Abuse By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
‘Forgive Yourself. And Forgive Me.’ By Alice Driver Feature Alice Driver considers what lessons to take from a late uncle’s life.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Susan Goldberg, Leslie Jamison, Jacqueline Keeler, Max Genecov, and Ryan Bradley.
Trump Properties As Symbols of American Mediocrity and Lies By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The only thing a tourist who stays at Trump properties gets for free is a disturbing vision of America’s future.
Walking the Line in the Bekaa Valley By Ben Huberman Highlight A traveling crew of slackliners is trying to bring a moment of balance to young Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
The Friend That Got Away By Beverly Donofrio Feature Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.
How to Run a Magazine in the Desert By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Ken Layne designs, edits, and distributes his independent magazine Desert Oracle from tiny Joshua Tree, California.
When Financial Privilege is Mistakenly Assumed By Sari Botton Highlight Lilly Dancyger speaks out about her humble upbringing.
“Hey, Can I Sleep In Your Room?”: Studying Love with Elizabeth Flock By Jonny Auping Feature Elizabeth Flock on the years she spent studying other people’s marriages in Mumbai.
The Koch Brothers vs. God By Longreads Feature The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back.
Leslie Jamison: Does Recovery Kill Great Writing? By Krista Stevens Highlight When Leslie Jamison got sober she wanted to know how a life lived without alcohol would affect her writing.
What Is New York City Without Its Historic Buildings? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A city loses its life-force when it loses its historic buildings.
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