The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed
Adrian Chen travels to the Philippines, where he meets the employees who work for content moderation companies that scrub objectionable content from social media sites.
Pot Kids
Inside the quasi-legal science-free world of medical marijuana for kids.
Bash Mitzvahs!
A New York magazine feature about over the top Manhattan Bar Mitzvahs, circa 1998: “Never have so many 13-year-olds had so much to dress up for. Some say the low-key bar mitzvah is coming back—but not until the stock market crashes.”
Living on the Hyphen
“My life is conducted in Spanish, English, and Spanglish, and I have chosen these situations, but not entirely.”
Anarchy and Education in 1970s Britain
Idealistic British activists created a wave experimental schools in the 1970’s—places without rules, timetables or even compulsory lessons. So what became of the kids who attended these free-for-alls?
Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 7
10 of our favorite stories from across all of WordPress: Featuring Guernica, Bklynr, Wired, Cincinnati Magazine, and more.
Johnny Cash’s dark California days
Johnny Cash biographer Robert Hilburn on the musician’s life in California during the 1960’s, a dark decade “fueled by drugs and guilt over the breakup of his marriage.”
Who’s Left After True Crime – Our College Pick
“During eight months of reporting about the life of a student whose father murdered her mother, Kathryn Varn did a lot of things right.”
How Lincoln Played the Press
Historian Gary Wills on President Lincoln’s skills as a self-publicist and agility dealing with the media.
The Stradivarius Affair
Buzz Bissinger reports about the case of the stolen Lipinksi Stradivarius violin last winter, which was recovered by the Milwaukee Police Department and FBI after they tracked down its thief, a street criminal who had allegedly dreamed of stealing one in prison.
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