How Wells Fargo Bankers Gamed Customers to Make Sales Goals By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In 2016, Wells Fargo paid a $185 million fine for alleged fraud on its own customers without an admission of guilt. Has anything changed?
David Brown’s Quiet Resilience By David Gambacorta Feature The former Dallas police chief is familiar with loss: Violence took his son, younger brother, and former partner. His response to the killing of five officers last July was inspiring. He’s not done giving back.
In Guatemala on the Wrong Bus By Pam Mandel Highlight Sarah Miller travels in exactly the way she’d hoped to avoid.
A Sociology of the Smartphone By Longreads Feature Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.
A Celebration of Rafael Nadal, the ‘King of Clay’ By Mike Dang Reading List Rafa Nadal won his 11th French Open title on Sunday. A look back at his career.
Pulse Nightclub Was My Home By Edgar Gomez Feature On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Edgar Gomez reflects on what a safe haven the club was for him and others — maybe even shooter Omar Mateen.
Please Watch This Video Showing the Unfathomable Cruelty of U.S. Immigration Policy By Mark Armstrong Highlight The willful dismissal of our own humanity and common sense lies at the core of U.S. immigration policy.
Our Contemporary Notion of Self-Esteem Was Born — Surprise! — in 1980s California By Ben Huberman Highlight Apparently, feeling great about yourself does not improve your chances at success.
Twinless in Twinsburg By Anya Groner Feature Anya Groner examines her experience of being an identical twin through the lens of an annual Twins Day festival she attended without her sister.
In Bed-Stuy, the Ghost of Robert Moses is Alive and Well By Ben Huberman Highlight Gentrification is about displacement — but also about marketing and invisibility.
Haruki Murakami’s Advice to Young Writers By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In the essay “So What Shall I Write About?” from Monkey Business magazine, Haruki Murakami gives readers a glimpse into his creative process and how to become a novelist.
Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
Women Are Relating to James Comey’s Senate Testimony By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Comey wrote about attempting to avoid being alone with President Trump.
Can You Return To a Place That Was Never Your Home? By Pam Mandel Highlight Grace Linden considers repatriation to Austria — a place she has never lived.
He Doesn’t Know What It’s Like to Feel Pain. She Feels It All the Time By Mike Dang Highlight He can’t feel pain. She feels as if her body is constantly on fire. A genetic link connects them both.
For Ordinary Syrians, Is Backing Assad the Only Option? By Krista Stevens Highlight Sometimes the best choice is the devil you know.
Curing My Flight Anxiety, One Book Tour at a Time By Jami Attenberg Feature Novelist Jami Attenberg discovered a surprise antidote to the anxiety that plagued her each time she had to get on a plane to promote a book.
Donald Trump As Bad Contractor By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Most people who have lived through a renovation know the hallmark of a bad contractor.
Coming of Age in the Army By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After a series of dead ends, a young man finds direction and identity in the Army. Despite his parents’ pride, the lingering question becomes: at what personal cost?
A Witness to Other People’s Lives, Not Living My Own By Jennifer Romolini Feature Unhappiness Cloak: An excerpt from “Weird in a World That’s Not,” by Jennifer Romolini.
White Men By Longreads Feature What do we get from our parents? An inheritance always comes with a tax.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Robert F. Worth, Margaret Talbot, Porochista Khakpour, and Frank Bures.
Pee and Fury: Testing the Limits of Bladder Control By Nina Sharma Feature Scary late-night noises in a hotel hallway force Nina Sharma to question her ability to sleep through fear — and the frequent, raging urge to relieve herself.
Found in the Attic: A Decade of Climate Data on Somalia By Michelle Weber Highlight The scientist whose research could help restore stability to Somalia was abducted there in 2008, and hasn’t been heard from since.
They’re Good Mangoes, Mao By Michelle Weber Highlight The fruit took on cult status in China after Mao gifted his workers a box of mangoes sent from Pakistan.
West Virginia: Still High on Hope By Krista Stevens Highlight The state with the highest overdose rate in the United States is the front line of the opioid crisis.
El Padre de Los Migrantes By Alice Driver Feature “Cuando se trata del cuerpo humano todo puede ser objeto de tráfico. Los migrantes son un producto en un sistema que los separa en partes lucrativas, hasta que muchas veces no queda nada.”
Schrödinger’s Convict: Actually Innocent, Actually a Felon By Michelle Weber Highlight An “Alford plea” gets an innocent man out of jail, but keeps him on the books as a convicted felon.
Teaching a Stone to Fly By Krista Stevens Highlight The perfect skipping stone has “lobes” that act as spokes, keeping the stone above the water.
For the New York Times, a Bittersweet Ending for its Public Editor Role By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The publisher of the New York Times announced that the position of public editor is being eliminated. We look back at its history.
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