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The Bungled Bank Robbery That Ended in a Landmark Legal Ruling

by Longreads June 25, 2018October 19, 2022

In 1958, John Leo Brady got his lover pregnant and decided to stick up a bank to fund a new life. It ended with a murder, a Supreme Court case, and the formation of the Brady rule.

Business & Tech, Commentary, Nonfiction, Story

The Billionaire Philanthropist

by Jacob Silverman March 13, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s American tradition for CEOs to stockpile their wealth, avoid taxes, and participate in the theater of giving. Will Jeff Bezos make it scale?

Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

The Apology Tour

by Jonny Auping April 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Writer Jonny Auping tracks down people he’s wronged in the past to say he’s sorry.

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

The Apology Tour

by Jonny Auping April 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Writer Jonny Auping tracks down people he’s wronged in the past to say he’s sorry.

Current Events, Discussions, Essays & Criticism, Media, Story

Is Journalism a Form of Activism?

by Danielle Tcholakian March 29, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s time to take another look at the definition of activism and where journalism fits in.

Books, Nonfiction, Story

The Dying Days of the New West

by Tori Telfer May 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Recent books about the American West turn the old frontier myth into a mirage.

Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Who Does She Think She Is?

by Laurie Penny March 28, 2018October 19, 2022

The internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the internet allows them to do it faster, harder, and with impunity.

Nonfiction, Story

A Chance to Rewrite History: The Women Fighters of the Tamil Tigers

by Longreads May 22, 2018October 19, 2022

How during a brutal, 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers failed the women soldiers who sacrificed everything to fight for a sovereign state for the Tamil minority.