The Far Right’s Fight Against Race-Conscious School Admissions By Danielle Jackson Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department rescinded Obama-era policy documents that provided guidelines on affirmative action.
An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian The New York Times came under fire for asking, “Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?” A lot of outlets already knew.
This Month in Books: ‘What Used To Be Me Before the World Buried It’ By Dana Snitzky Everyone is feeling very alone in this month’s books newsletter.
Our Planet Still Has Secrets: Talking Tasmanian Tigers with Journalist Brooke Jarvis By Aaron Gilbreath Investigating the people who search for the extinct Tasmanian Tiger.
A Reading List for Reconsidering the Fourth of July in 2018 By Danielle Jackson How should we think about the Fourth of July in 2018?
On Mourning, Learning a More Sober Fandom, and Letting Go By Danielle Jackson The death of popular rapper XXXTentaction raises questions of ethical consumption.
How the Self-Publishing Industry Changed, Between My First and Second Novels By Nicole Dieker In the last few years, self-publishing and marketing your own books has become increasingly more difficult.
Puma’s Ploy to Become Relevant in Basketball Again By Matt Giles Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley spurned Nike and Adidas to sign with Puma. This isn’t the first time the sneaker company has made basketball history.
Surviving Depression By Danielle Tcholakian What can you do for a loved one with depression? Sometimes presence can make all the difference in the world.
If Tim Russert Could Interview Trump Today By Catherine Cusick On the tenth anniversary of Tim Russert’s death, one question rings out over the last decade in American politics: What Would Tim Ask?
This Month in Books: ‘We Have Nothing to Weigh Our Hearts Against’ By Dana Snitzky When I look at this month’s Books Newsletter, all I can think about are borders, crossings, the terrible distances between people who have been separated.
Behind The NYT Investigation into Prosecuting Overdoses as Homicides By Danielle Tcholakian A Q&A with the reporter and editor behind a recent criminal justice story about how some prosecutors are treating overdose deaths as homicides.
The ‘Treasonous’ Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns By Danielle Tcholakian Three stories on youth activism in conservative towns shed an interesting light on the national gun debate.
The High Price of Being a #MeToo Whistleblower By Tricia Romano Tricia Romano considers what speaking out about abuse at the hands of Eric Schneiderman has cost a close friend.
The Manipulative Power of ‘You Understand’ By Danielle Tcholakian A reminder, courtesy of Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova.
When Will Hip-Hop Have Its #MeToo Reckoning? By Danielle Jackson It has already, time and time again.
Is New York the Most Corrupt State in the Nation? By Danielle Tcholakian A robust local media is important to rooting out corruption, but so is a well-informed electorate.
This Month in Books: ‘How Do We Stay the Right Distance Apart?’ By Dana Snitzky At first glance, there’s a pretty stark divide in this month’s books newsletter.
Why Beyoncé Placed HBCU’s at the Center of American Life By Danielle Jackson The singer’s latest performance helps expand the possibilities of what it looks like to be a black thinking person.
A Kendrick Lamar Syllabus By Danielle Jackson The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
The Enduring Legacy of the Willie Lynch Hoax By Matt Giles Why Kanye referenced a nonexistent slave owner.
End the White House Correspondents’ Dinner By Danielle Tcholakian It’s an embarrassment to journalism.
Bob Dorough and the Magic Number By Tom Maxwell How the songwriter’s “Schoolhouse Rock!” taught an entire generation.
On Junot Díaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning By Danielle Jackson The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
Why Can’t Female Reporters Stay in the Picture? By Danielle Tcholakian Journalists who get screen time are most often men—even when the original story was told by a woman.
You Can’t ‘Never Forget’ the Holocaust if You Haven’t Learned About It By Sari Botton A new study shows that knowledge about the Holocaust is dangerously at an all-time low.
Women and the War on Wrinkles By Krista Stevens As women age, they lose their “pretty privilege.” As men age, they just get more powerful. Chelsea G. Summers examines the imbalance.
Get With the Modern Age, Sign Up for the Longreads Books Newsletter By Dana Snitzky Sign up for the Longreads Books Newsletter, and you too could be never not reading a book.
Digital Media and the Case of the Missing Archives By Danielle Tcholakian The more work that journalists create for the internet, the more work is rendered obsolete.
