The Disappeared
A Guardian investigation reveals that Chicago police kept a secret interrogation site where abuses occurred, including at least one detainee death.
In Defense of the Notoriously Arrogant French Waiter
A short paean to the much-maligned and often misunderstood garçon de café, who are experts at their craft and make dining an art—despite pressure fromL’Office de Tourisme to be “more smiley.”
How to Achieve Teenage Immortality at Perkins
Recalling teenage hijinks at a chain restaurant.
Gasping for Action
We’ve known for years that a chemical called diacetyl destroys lungs. So why is it still harming coffee workers and allowed in e-cigarettes?
A Conversation With Writer Colm Tóibín on the ‘Close Imagining’ of Fiction
Longreads spoke with Tóibín, who splits his time between Dublin and New York, by phone about the protagonists he’s compelled to write about and how he goes about creating their worlds.
How Crazy Am I to Think I Know Where That Malaysia Airlines Plane Is?
When a science writer and pilot named Jeff Wise was first asked to write about the disappearance of MH370, he had no idea that the plane’s mysterious disappearance would take over his life. Soon, he was appearing as an on-air expert on CNN upwards of six times a day. He found himself unable to let go of his obsession, even after the international hubbub died down. This essay is about what happened next.
Scientist, Spy, Genius: Who Was Bruno Pontecorvo?
Bruno Pontecorvo was one of the most promising nuclear physicists in the world; he also might have been a spy.
An Unlikely Bond
The writer reflects on how she became an unlikely foster mother at the age of twenty-three, while working as an editor at Vogue.
How Oregon’s Second Largest City Vanished in a Day
Intended as temporary solution for Portland’s wartime housing shortage, Vanport housed 40,000 residents at its height, making it the second largest city in Oregon. In a few short years the community went from a shining example of American innovation to a crime-laden slum, largely due to discriminatory housing policies. Ultimately, a natural disaster would spell the end for Vanport, but the community’s legacy remains a dark chapter in Portland’s discriminatory history.
The White Devil Kingpin
How a white man from Boston rose through the ranks of Asian organized crime.
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