Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Sports Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year. Here is the best in sports writing.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Don’t Call My Daughter Princess. Call Her Madam President.
Having taken feminist progress for granted, Sarah Stankorb must now reconcile her slow support of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential race with assuring her 4-year-old daughter she can be president someday.
Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes
The Greatest Trick the Government Ever Pulled Was Convincing Us We Aren’t Already on Welfare
Race, class, and a flawed perception of who gets or deserves “government assistance.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
When to (Not) Have Kids
At a bleak moment in human history, these essays explore the case for not reproducing.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Uncategorized
Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals
Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized
Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals
Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.
