A Roll of the Immigration Law Dice By Michelle Weber Highlight Captain Noorullah Aminyar has been in detention for three years now, his asylum application subject to a system of immigration law both complex and capricious.
In a Swimming Pool, Learning to Trust By Matt Grant Feature A swimming instructor for ten years, Matt Grant learned the most from his most challenging student.
Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton’s Guide to Pitching By Sari Botton Commentary What I’m looking for, what are the best ways to pitch, and what you can expect from working with me.
Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.
Pregnant, then Ruptured By Joanna Petrone Feature After an emergency operation, Joanna Petrone considers the medical advances and legal protections that allow women to survive ectopic pregnancies.
If Clean Food Is for Everyone, Why Are Its Gurus All Young, Pretty Women? By Ben Huberman Highlight How gendered marketing tropes continue to fuel the latest lifestyle fads.
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America By Joshua Adams Feature University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
New York City’s Final Frontier: Underground By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight What lays beneath New York City affects life above ground. One team is mapping the city’s below-ground infrastructure.
The Sun Was Going and the World Was Wrong By Sari Botton Highlight Annie Dillard describes her experience of the 1979 solar eclipse, the last one visible in the United States until this year.
What the Future of Death Looks Like By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Commentary A look at the process of alkaline hydrosis, a more eco-friendly type of cremation, and the growing movement behind it.
How a Journalist Uncovered the True Identity of Jihadi John By Longreads Feature Souad Mekhennet’s thrilling tale of late-night rendezvous, burner phones, and secret codes — and her quest to reveal the man in black.
Instagram Wants to Make the Internet a Nicer Place to Be By Mike Dang Highlight The photo sharing service has been creating tools and algorithms to let its users close comments and ban offensive words.
There’s No Overtime In This Game By Michelle Weber Highlight Georgia Cloepfil is only in her mid-twenties, but she already contemplating the end of her soccer career.
You Are a Jigsaw Puzzle with Missing Food-Shaped Pieces By Lindsay Hunter Feature Fat, thin, over-eating, under-eating. Lindsay Hunter’s relationship with food, weight, and body image has been consistently complicated.
Why the Most Beautiful Poems Defy Understanding By Krista Stevens Highlight “In a poem, we feel what is there, but also what is not.”
How We Got to Here: A Charlottesville Reading List By Longreads Reading List This weekend’s events will resonate long after the crowd was dispersed, long after the cable news trucks leave, long after the school year begins.
A Look Back at the 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden and the Protesters Who Organized Against It By Matt Giles Commentary Seventy-something years ago, another massive rally took place in the United States that featured a clash between protesters and white supremacists.
Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed By Mark Armstrong Highlight The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.
The Fallacy of the Olympics By Matt Giles Highlight Hosting the Olympics too often spells doom for the host country.
Where In the World is O.J. Mayo? By Matt Giles Highlight O.J. Mayo was set for a long NBA career, but following a two-year suspension handed down in 2017, the precociously talented guard has vanished. Why?
Forever Yesterday: Peering Inside My Mom’s Fading Mind By Kevin Sampsell Feature Kevin Sampsell bears witness to the ways in which Alzheimer’s has been pulling his mother back in time, and taking over her life.
Corals and Crabs Get Moonstruck, Too By Ben Huberman Highlight For many marine species, moonlight is both aphrodisiac and metronome. Yet scientists have only recently started to study it seriously.
Grist for the Celebrity Food Mill By Michelle Weber Highlight Did Rocco DiSpirito sell his culinary soul for a paycheck and some Bertoli frozen pasta?
Exploiting Mexico’s Indigenous People to Get the West Its Drugs By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How Mexican drug cartels prey on the indigenous Tarahumara people, using endurance runners to run drugs across the border.
America’s Plastic Legacy By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A father and daughter tour landmarks in the early history of modern plastic and assess the toxic legacy of petrochemistry.
Body Positivity Nudges Plus-Size Fashion Forward By Sari Botton Highlight Despite a high demand for it, plus-size fashion has been largely neglected and poorly executed by major brands. But that’s starting to change.
The Beauty (and Predictability) of a Slot Machine’s Algorithm By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Commentary At Wired, Brendan Koerner takes a look into the mind of a mathematician-turned-hacker who milks slot machines around the world.
‘This Place, This Moment, Unplanned’: On Surviving a Heart Attack By Krista Stevens Highlight Jeff Sharlet on how recovering from a life-threatening event takes place moment by moment.
An Ode to Dishwashers, the Unsung Heroes of the Restaurant Kitchen By Mike Dang Highlight As Emeril Lagasse puts it, “You can’t have a successful service in a restaurant without a great dishwasher.”
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