Unprepared: The Difficulty of Getting a Prescription for a Drug That Effectively Prevents HIV Infection

When Spenser Mestel tries to get a prescription for Truvada in Iowa City, he discovers that medical breakthroughs are only one small part of HIV prevention.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 6, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,642 words)

Why We Resist: Seven Stories About Protest

There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 4, 2016

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 2, 2016

Truther Love

Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 29, 2016
Length: 18 minutes (4,602 words)

A Reading List for Thanksgiving

None of the following stories were written in 2016, but the themes of our contemporary American Thanksgiving traditions—family, identity, history—remain relevant.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 23, 2016

Thank You, Jon Gnagy: An Appreciation of a Predecessor to Bob Ross

Ned Stuckey-French reflects on the host of “Learn to Draw,” the “middlebrow” instructional art show he loved as a kid.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 22, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,204 words)

A Conversation With Dan Ariely About What Shapes our Motivations

Dan Ariely on building an understanding of how humans behave from the ground up.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 17, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3,711 words)

What Comes Next: Confronting a Post-Election America

“This week’s reading list is dedicated to marginalized voices. Some of these stories were written in the wake of this year’s election; others came before. I hope you read these and feel if not heartened, then more determined than ever to protest evil, protect marginalized communities/yourselves and share your lived experiences.”

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 11, 2016

The Story of ‘Ella and Louis,’ 60 Years Later

A century-defining album’s improbable genesis.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 7, 2016
Length: 7 minutes (1,807 words)

What Can and Can’t be Learned From a Book

How learning to swim at 24 led Syam Palakurthy to first-hand lessons in gentrification.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 1, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3,188 words)