She gets a mansion and she gets a boat and she gets a jet! And you get to suffer and then maybe pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you’re lucky enough and bare enough of your private pain.
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Out of Toon
Political cartoons don’t make a huge chunk of change, but they do change the culture. If only that were as valuable to the media as money.
Posted inBusiness, Crime, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Who Killed Canada’s Pharmaceutical Giants?
The investigation into the murder of two Canadian pharmaceutical giants remains inconclusive.
Posted inNonfiction
Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts, Sports
Editor’s Roundtable: Gossip, Dirt, and Reality (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN, Kotaku, and The Globe and Mail.
Posted inStory
After a Fashion
Trying so hard to set trends for the future, fashion’s institutions can’t stop stumbling over the past (and the present).
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Telling Stories In Order to Live: On Writing and Money
Sarah Menkedick examines the perils inherent in trying to earn a living as a full-time writer.
Posted inBusiness, Highlight, Quotes
Big Pharma Has No Comment, But Would Still Like All Your Tax Dollars
From 2008 to 2016, the amount that state Medicaid programs spend on prescription drugs almost doubled. Why?
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Media, Story
The Contradictions of Twitter’s ‘We Care’ Campaign
With bots, fake news, and an angry right-wing flank, Twitter is crashing against the limits of ideological neutrality.
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‘It’s Not Rair, Not Right’: How America Treats Its Black Farmers
Sugarcane is Louisiana’s most lucrative, stable crop, yet lending discrimination, fraud, vandalism, and intimidation keep putting black farmers out of business. It isn’t just sugarcane.
