Longreads Best of 2014: Essay Writing
This year’s best essays as chosen by Meaghan O’Connell, Rachael Maddux, and Belle Boggs.
Meet the Dogged Researchers Who Try to Unmask Haters Online
Adrian Chen talks to journalists and researchers in Sweden who are trying to unmask anonymous commenters who leave hateful messages online. Questions about privacy arise.
The True Story That Inspired the Movie ‘Foxcatcher’
The bloody true story of John E. Du Pont, his Foxcatcher Farms estate, and the Olympic gold medal winning Schultz brothers.
Inside the Universal Life Church, the Internet’s One True Religion
Most people know the Universal Life Church as a quick and easy place to get ordained without leaving your couch. But the history of the church, which emerged in the late ’60s, is far more complicated—and fascinating.
Longreads Best of 2014: Science Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in science writing.
The Rise of Extreme Daycare
More Americans are working late-night and early-morning hours, creating a demand for a new breed of childcare centers that can meet the off-hours demand.
Emptying the Tower of David
Venezuela’s twenty-eight story Tower of David is a vertical slum so notorious that the show Homeland once used it as a plot line. Boris Munoz reflects on the future of Venezuela as seen through its infamous, emptying skyscraper.
Giving Stephen Hawking a Voice
When Stephen Hawking lost his voice, he sought a different scientific breakthrough.
Longreads Best of 2014: Crime Reporting
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in crime reporting.
The Samantha Power Doctrine
Can UN Ambassador Samantha Power reconcile her ardent human-rights interventionism with the pragmatism necessary to guide American policy?
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