Pirate Joe’s

Meet the man who smuggles Trader Joe’s into Canada.

Author: Rosie Cima
Source: Priceonomics
Published: Oct 3, 2014
Length: 13 minutes (3,346 words)

When Women Become Men at Wellesley

Women’s colleges like Wellesley and Mount Holyoke are thinking about how to redefine their policies to address the growing transgender community on their campuses.

Published: Oct 15, 2014
Length: 30 minutes (7,576 words)

Gone Girls: Human Trafficking on the Home Front

In Los Angeles, Mike Kessler talks to survivors of child prostitution, as well as law enforcement officers, judges, politicians, and advocates working to prevent the sex trafficking of minors.

Published: Oct 14, 2014
Length: 28 minutes (7,201 words)

Reelin’ in the Years

Reconsidering Virginia Woolf’s time-warping novel Orlando, “the longest and most charming love letter in literature.”

Published: Oct 15, 2014
Length: 14 minutes (3,514 words)

Smokescreen

How a world-famous cigarette brand got around India’s restrictions on tobacco advertising by enlisting young adults as “brand ambassadors.”

Published: Sep 1, 2014
Length: 29 minutes (7,298 words)

When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories

The latest New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home.

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 15, 2014

The Long Captivity of Michael Scott Moore

How should the media cover hostage situations? Examining the case of journalist Michael Scott Moore.

Source: Outside
Published: Oct 13, 2014
Length: 23 minutes (5,800 words)

The Art of Arrival: Rebecca Solnit on Travel and Friendship

A new Longreads Exclusive from Solnit and Orion magazine.

Source: Orion Magazine
Published: Oct 15, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,780 words)

The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons

A New York Times investigation into the chemical weapons found in Iraq, and the U.S.’s failure to care for soldiers who were exposed to it.

Published: Oct 14, 2014
Length: 40 minutes (10,046 words)

The Berlin Wall’s Great Human Experiment

Twenty-five years later, learning lessons on what happens when a country is split in half.

Source: Boston Globe
Published: Oct 14, 2014
Length: 8 minutes (2,123 words)