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.
#DeleteFacebook? It’s Not So Easy By Nicole Dieker We use Facebook to access certain apps and stay in touch with distant friends and relatives. Deleting Facebook won’t stop other companies from misusing our data.
David Chang’s ‘Ugly Delicious’ Pushes Food TV in the Right Direction By Matt Giles ‘Ugly Delicious’ is everything that food TV should be, but a failure to address today’s most pressing issues leaves us wanting much, much more.
The Billionaire Philanthropist By Jacob Silverman It’s American tradition for CEOs to stockpile their wealth, avoid taxes, and participate in the theater of giving. Will Jeff Bezos make it scale?
How Black Panther Asks Us to Examine Who We Are To One Another By Rahawa Haile Rahawa Haile considers how, by sliding between the real and unreal, Black Panther frees us to imagine the possibilities — and the limitations — of an Africa that does not yet exist.
It’s Never Too Late to Apologize By Danielle Tcholakian Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, and Katie Roiphe have to try to be better, right along with the rest of us.
Blockchain Just Isn’t As Radical As You Want It To Be By Longreads On how a new administrative technology is being conflated with radical politics.
Inadvertent Matchmaker Seeks a Love of Her Own By Sari Botton I was introducing all my friends, but had no idea how to be in a good relationship.
Alan Watts and the Eternal Present By Tom Maxwell To know happiness in the future, we must be happy now.
The Stock Market Doesn’t Matter By Bryce Covert Trump confuses stock performance with economic well-being. We don’t have to make the same mistake.
Journalists Shouldn’t Be Fired for Investigating Their Own Publications By Danielle Tcholakian And everyone in this industry should speak out against it.