America’s First Addiction Epidemic By Longreads Feature The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
God and Stone: One Woman Explores Her Armenian Roots By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A young woman reconnects with her family’s ancestral home.
Reflections of an Accidental Florist By Aaron Gilbreath Feature When a painter stumbles into a floral career, she sees the ugly truth behind a colorful, fragrant industry.
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The president chose to pardon an extremely bad man before providing aid to Texas.
Can Love Sparked at Burning Man Last in Everyday Life? By Maria Finn Feature Maria Finn tries to make sense of the euphoric love she experienced at the annual festival in Black Rock City, while she was grieving her brother’s suicide.
Down and Out in Rancho Santa Margarita By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When a retired cop starts robbing banks, it takes a reporter to figure out why.
You Can’t Embarrass a Dog, or a Trump By Michelle Weber Highlight “Does he even know about… Let me stop you there. The answer is no.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Ellen Pao, Henry Wismayer, Taylor Harris, and Jeff Maysh.
Who’s Trying to Monopolize Mary Jane? By Krista Stevens Highlight Amanda Chicago Lewis tries to track down the people behind BioTech Industries, a company trying to get strict, blanket utility patents on pot.
Wrapping the Sunday Paper For the Last Time By Andrew Bockhold Feature Andrew Bockhold finds a new appreciation for the family newspaper route he hated working as a kid, before it was shut down.
Moonshine: The Black Tradition of Distilling ‘White Whiskey’ By Ben Huberman Highlight If craft food culture looks overwhelmingly white, it’s because black influences have been routinely scrubbed from its history.
The Lawn is a Lie By Pam Mandel Highlight Am I proud of my lawn? Absolutely not. I am completely ashamed of it. I have a terminal case of lawn guilt.
‘Is This Gonna Happen Every Day in Charlottesville?’ By Sari Botton Highlight A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.
Grenfell Tower: London, England’s ‘Katrina Moment’ By Krista Stevens Highlight How gentrification, apathy, and government negligence failed the residents of Grenfell Tower.
I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People By Danielle Tcholakian Feature After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.
Here at the End of All Things By Adrian Daub Feature On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.
Breaking Into China’s Counterfeit Supply Chains By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How private detectives crack down on China’s rampant counterfeit industry.
The ‘Creative Class’ Were Just the Rich All Along By Sari Botton Highlight Urban theorist Richard Florida seems to have realized he was wrong about the broad benefits of attracting creatives to depressed cities.
Befriending My Iranian Instagram Hacker By Krista Stevens Highlight Professor Negar Mottahedeh gets some insight into her former homeland after an Iranian hacker steals her Instagram identity.
Why Oil-Loving Louisiana Should Embrace America’s Coming Offshore Wind Boom By Justin Nobel Feature The budding wind power industry is rich in jobs, and the people of south Louisiana are ready for clean energy.
Joss Whedon and the Feminist Pedestal: A Reading List By Catherine Cusick Reading List A guided reading list on feminism, fandom, and fidelity for Buffy enthusiasts.
Ellen Pao Is Ready to Name Names By Michelle Legro Highlight In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Pao reveals the harassment and discrimination she experienced at a Silicon Valley venture firm.
Serena Williams on Returning to Tennis and Embracing ‘Power’ By Mike Dang Highlight Williams plans to defend her Australian Open title just three months after giving birth.
The South Carolina Dylann Roof Knew By Matt Giles Commentary For GQ, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah travels through the state that taught Roof a perverted viewpoint of the antebellum period.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Lighter By Michelle Weber Highlight Colin Gillis is happy with most of the changes a massive weight change have brought, but finds unexpectedness sadness and loss, too.
How Can Alt-Right Women Exist in a Misogynistic Movement? By Michelle Legro Commentary An interview with Seyward Darby about her Harper’s cover story on gender dynamics within the alt-right.
Putting Creativity on Your Tab By Krista Stevens Highlight Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.
Everyone’s Welcome, But Some People Are More Welcome Than Others By Michelle Weber Highlight “Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”
Are Arizona’s Defunded Public Schools the Future of American Education? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Arizona’s struggling public schools offer a glimpse of what America’s public schools might look like under Betsy DeVos’ national voucher program.
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