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Best of 2021: Profiles

by Longreads December 21, 2021January 25, 2023

The profiles that left us reeling.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The ‘Moderate Thoughfulness’ Hour with Preet Bharara

by Sari Botton October 4, 2017October 19, 2022

Media-friendly former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara tries out podcasting.

Posted inFeatured, Food, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Hard Shell Tacos Aren’t As Hardcore Gringo As You Think

by Aaron Gilbreath October 24, 2019October 19, 2022

The origins of hard shell tacos are hazy, but certain things are clear.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

Checking in on the Masculinity Crisis

by Kelli María Korducki December 3, 2019December 30, 2022

If masculinity really is in crisis — and that’s a big if — we should at least be able to agree that it’s not women’s responsibility to fix it.

Posted inBooks, Food, Nonfiction, Story

“We All Had the Same Acid Flashback at the Same Time”: The New American Cuisine

by Longreads March 29, 2018October 19, 2022

How the scruffy kids of the ’60s youth movement turned cooking from a shameful job into a lauded profession.

Posted inBooks, History, Science & Nature, Story, Unapologetic Women

A British Seaweed Scientist Is Revered in Japan as ‘The Mother of the Sea’

by Longreads August 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Kathleen Drew-Baker died never having set foot in Japan, and never knowing what an impact her research would make. Plus, how to build a lazy bed, how to cook Irish blancmange, and other surprising seaweed stories.

Posted inBlog Post, Books, Commentary, Featured, Nonfiction

Talking to Alice Driver About Violence Against Women in Juárez

by juliawick February 3, 2016October 19, 2022

Alice Driver, a filmmaker, writer and photographer whose work focuses on human rights, feminism, and activism, has written extensively about Juárez.

Posted inNonfiction

Longreads Best of 2015: Business & Tech

by Longreads December 17, 2015October 13, 2022

The best in business and tech.

Posted inCurrent Events, investigations, Nonfiction

A Teen and a Toy Gun

by Leah Sottile February 5, 2018October 19, 2022

This is the story of the last day of 17-year-old Quanice Hayes’s life. It involves a police department that says they have no good way of deciphering between real guns and fake ones, and a family still searching for answers.

Posted inCurrent Events, investigations, Nonfiction, Story

A Teen and a Toy Gun

by Leah Sottile February 5, 2018October 19, 2022

This is the story of the last day of 17-year-old Quanice Hayes’s life. It involves a police department that says they have no good way of deciphering between real guns and fake ones, and a family still searching for answers.

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