What Is ‘Covfefe’? The Internet Wonders By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Late Tuesday night, President Donald Trump tweeted the word “covfefe,” sending the internet into a frenzy.
Are We Swallowing Culinary Propaganda? By Shane Cubis Highlight In Australia, cupcakes are deployed to wage holy war against halal meat.
‘Equality Keeps Us Honest’: Rebecca Solnit on the Ignorance of Privilege By Michelle Weber Highlight “This is why I always pair privilege with obliviousness; obliviousness is privilege’s form of deprivation.”
The Essay Will Feel Like It’s Killing You By Krista Stevens Highlight “Begin by writing about anything else,” says Porochista Khakpour, until she becomes conflicted about writing about being Iranian-American.
From a Hawk to a Dove By Ray Cocks Feature Vietnam Veteran Ray Cocks, who’d eagerly enlisted in 1967, was forever changed by the realities of war.
Treating Our Border As a Battle Zone By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Twenty years after Marines fatally shot an innocent 18-year old man in West Texas, the War on Drugs and militarization of the US-Mexico border has left many local people feeling less safe.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Justin Heckert, Peter Vigneron, Michael Lista, and Anthony Breznican.
The Great, Ongoing California Nut Caper By Krista Stevens Highlight At Outside, Peter Vigneron reports on a spree of nut heists thought to be linked to a Russian organized-crime ring.
A Chance Meeting With Mr. Rogers By Krista Stevens Highlight As it turns out, Fred Rogers was as kind and as wonderful in person as he was on television.
Learning to Swim in a Sea of Uncertainty By Katie Prout Feature Katie Prout was all set to teach her homeward-bound Navy Officer brother everything she learned in swim class. Then the Trump administration issued new orders.
Forgotten Women Writers: A Reading List By Kate Gavino Reading List Kate Gavino shares five stories about forgotten women authors, from Anita Brookner to Nancy Mitford.
America’s Small Farmers Need More Slaughterhouses By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A dearth of facilities able to process small farmers’ animals keeps costs up and prices high.
A Personal Odyssey Through Florida’s Varied Regions By Sari Botton Highlight Jason Diamond road trips from Jacksonville to Key West trying to get a handle on the state where much of his family has settled.
Chasing the Harvest: ‘It Used to Be Only Men That Did This Job’ By Gabriel Thompson Feature In this oral history, a produce truck driver and former lettuce worker recounts the sexual harassment she faced while working in the fields of Salinas Valley, California.
The Internet Won’t Prioritize Quality Without an Intervention By Catherine Cusick Highlight Ev Williams admits that the internet is broken and suggests course corrections, apologizing for Twitter’s role in putting Trump in the White House.
‘Just Pure Greed’: A Journalist Exposes Jared Kushner’s Baltimore Housing History By Mark Armstrong Highlight ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis has an infuriating new story about Kushner’s aggressive targeting of tenants.
The ‘Artwashing’ of East Los Angeles By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In Boyle Heights, activists are fighting art galleries that represent the first wave of gentrification.
The Teenage Dreamland of ‘Twin Peaks’ By A. N. Devers Feature Discovering the show when she was a teenager in 1990 helped A.N. Devers navigate the grief of losing her grandparents—and her girlhood.
At War With the Rat Army By Longreads Feature A refugee from Nazi Germany has trouble adjusting to life in America, so she decamps to the countryside, where she discovers that the war follows you in unexpected ways.
Sometimes a Tortoise Is More Than a Tortoise By Michelle Weber Reading List Meet Fred. He’s cold-blooded, beady-eyed, a picky eater, and likely to outlive us all.
The Birth of a City, In Fits and Starts By Michelle Weber Highlight Communities in Haiti are building their own post-earthquake infrastructure without the help of the government.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Renee Montagne, Nina Martin, Alex Tizon, Mary Mann, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, and Andy Newman.
One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Some By Michelle Weber Highlight Although a lot about Donald Trump seemed antithetical to conservative Christianity, he got a larger percentage of the Evangelical vote than Bush, Sr., Reagan, or Carter. Why?
American Dolchstoss By Shawn Hamilton Feature The German “stab-in-the-back” myth springs back to life in America, this time through scapegoating over lost jobs.
The Surprising Social Habits of Crows By Krista Stevens Highlight Crows are more than squawk rockets — they’re highly social creatures who, commute to work, mourn their dead, and show appreciation for kindness.
The Circle of Las Vegas Life Is One Never-Ending Buffet By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Meet the family turning Las Vegas casino food waste into future meals.
How ‘International Airbnb Style’ Became the Dominant Aesthetic of Our Time By Ben Huberman Highlight From Beijing to Helsinki, quirkiness never looked more identical.
Between Mom and Stepmom By Sarah Menkedick Feature Sarah Menkedick reflects on the very different—and complementary—ways in which her mother and her stepmother have nurtured her.
Not Really A Distant Aunt: My Family’s Slave By Krista Stevens Highlight “Once, when I was sick for a long time and too weak to eat, she chewed my food for me and put the small pieces in my mouth to swallow.”
Chasing the Harvest: ‘If You Want to Die, Stay at the Ranch’ By Gabriel Thompson Feature In this oral history, a former sheepherder describes the loneliness and medical hardship he experienced while tending sheep in California’s Central Valley.
You must be logged in to post a comment.