Once a Nerd, Always a Nerd: D&D 4Eva By Krista Stevens Highlight George Murray is “playing it forward” — sharing his love of Dungeons & Dragons by acting as dungeon master for families who want to learn to play.
Hurricane Harvey Made Strange Bedfellows in Texas By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Did the white, far-right neo-Confederates who helped a small Texas Cambodian community rebuild after Hurricane Harvey have a political agenda?
Recovering My Fifth Sense By Kavita Das Feature Kavita Das recalls learning to self-advocate as a patient with a cleft palate — and as a child in a family full of doctors.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Aly Raisman, Joseph Williams, Jenna Wortham, Mayukh Sen, and Sirin Kale.
The Only Downside to Lower Infant-Mortality Rates? All Those Baby Books By Ben Huberman Highlight When you don’t need to worry about the big things, you can start obsessing over the small ones.
Silicon Valley’s Spin Master By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After helping shape the public image of numerous tech companies, Margit Wennmachers is now helping shape the story of Silicon Valley itself.
The Handgun and the Haunted Range By Justin Quarry Feature Justin Quarry hunted for himself, and a connection to his late father, with the unlikely inheritance of a firearm.
You’re On Death Row, You’ve Asked to Die, But the State Won’t Kill You By Krista Stevens Highlight Despite their hard-stance bluster, death penalty states rarely impose the ultimate sentence, even if you’re the prisoner and you ask them to.
The Many Acts of Keith Gordon By David Obuchowski Feature How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
The Dangers of Renting While Black in Gentrifying Cities By Sari Botton Highlight Joseph Williams reports on the increasing vulnerability of renters like himself.
Is 2018 the Year We Step Away From Social Media? By Nicole Dieker Commentary Spending long periods of time reading people argue with one another on the internet can be wearying. So why do we do it?
A House of Refuge Marred by Violence By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The house at 808 East Lewis Street has helped the upwardly mobile reach for their dreams. It’s also seen great violence.
Jesus Is Everywhere in Port-au-Prince, but So Is Vodou By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Violent tensions have existed between Haiti’s Vodouisants and missionary Christians for centuries.
The Life of One of the South’s Greatest Folklorists By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Ernest Matthew Mickler wrote the best-selling White Trash Cookbook, but he was actually a skilled Southern folklorist, not a cook.
Reclaiming Our Rage By Sari Botton Highlight Here’s to more women embracing their anger instead of defaulting to sadness.
From One Friendship, Lessons on Life, Death, AIDS, and Childlessness By S. Kirk Walsh Feature S. Kirk Walsh reflects on her friendship with a gay man battling AIDS — how he taught her to grieve her own infertility, and live life more fully.
How ‘Cops’ Became the Most Polarizing Reality TV Show in America By Longreads Feature What one of TV’s longest-running reality shows says about race and our relationship with the police.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Sabine Heinlein, Leslie Jamison, Ijeoma Oluo, Eric Newcomer with Brad Stone, and Jill Lepore.
Why Do Millennials Love Horoscopes? (Hint: It’s Not Only Because They’re Free) By Ben Huberman Highlight A new audience finds comfort and meme-ready material in an old pseudoscience.
Diary of a Do-Gooder By Sara Eckel Feature After years of trying to distinguish herself, Sara Eckel considers the value of door-to-door canvassing, phone-banking, and other anonymous tasks of everyday activism.
Miles and Coltrane’s Milwaukee Gigs That Never Happened By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight They were scheduled to play Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1959. So why did the gigs never happen?
Ellen Pompeo on Negotiating Her Way to Becoming TV’s Highest Paid Actress By Mike Dang Highlight The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star gets real about earning money in Hollywood.
We’re Not Done Here By Laurie Penny Feature How the MeToo movement became a feminist sexual revolution.
Reconnecting with Nature, and with Wi-Fi By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What does a naturalist do at the end of their career!? Retire in nature, of course.
Determined to Hitch a Ride on the Greatest Rig in America By Laurie Gwen Shapiro Feature Billy Gawronski was hell-bent on stowing away to Antarctica on Richard Evelyn Byrd’s 1928 expedition.
To Your Door: The Human Cost of Food Delivery By Krista Stevens Highlight To earn money during a rough patch as a freelancer, Sam Riches worked as a bike courier, delivering food in Toronto during a six-month period. While the job lacked in pay, it offered one intriguing benefit: a crash course in human nature.
Possessed by Music By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Unraveling the mystery of the shirtless hippie who danced at countless rock shows in the UK during the last quarter of the 20th century.
Changing My Mind About Pig’s Feet and Cornrows By Dara Lurie Feature Dara Lurie reflects on what she discovered about her own racism while living at a state-run home for disadvantaged children.
An Ode to Sichuan’s Singular Sensation By Ben Huberman Highlight The king of peppercorns is literally electric.
Fast or Slow: What’s the Best Way to Die? By Sari Botton Highlight Sometimes death takes a torturously slow, scenic route.
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