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We Got the Beat
How The Go-Go’s emerged from the Los Angeles punk scene in the late ’70s to become the first and only female band to have a number one album in Beauty and the Beat.
America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other
“The pandemic brought the business opportunity of a lifetime to Puritan Medical Products of Guilford, Maine. But even a $250 million infusion from the U.S. government has done little to quell an epic family feud.”
Best of 2023: All of Our Number Five Story Picks
Each story we chose as our number five piece of the week in 2023, all in one place.
David Lynch Was Here
A dispatch from the real Twin Peaks, where fans of the director flocked after his death.
Doctor Fentanyl
“George Otto was a respected family physician with a bustling clinic in the northwest corner of the city. But he had a secret: after hours, he was running a booming fentanyl business. The untold story of the doctor who fuelled a drug crisis.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our editors share five favorites, just in time for your weekend.

