An economic downturn in 2008 shuttered numerous publications and further marginalized people of color in an already minimally integrated industry. But in the 90’s and early-aughts, multicultural publications flourished, providing an alternative model for journalism that bears remembering.
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A Journalist Takes Stock of His Formative Years
An experienced reporter looks back at the hard lessons he learned reporting from Eastern Europe during a politically tumultuous time.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game: A Baseball Reading List
Jacqueline Alnes mines personal memory as she examines baseball’s culture, its hidden histories, and the gender and disparities in the game today.
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Leslie Jamison Fesses Up
Leslie Jamison reveals the role lying has played in her life.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Science and Technology
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in science and tech.
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For the Thirsty Girl
Thirst used to be desperation, now it’s aspiration. And men are finding it hard to quench.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Chelsea G. Summers, Linda Villarosa, Ben Smith, Chappell Ellison, and Louisa Thomas.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Culture, Current Events, Events, Reading List
What to Read After ‘Leaving Neverland’
A list of longreads to make sense of ‘Leaving Neverland.’
Posted inBooks, Culture, Feature, History, Profiles & Interviews, Story
The Precarity of Everything: On Millennial (Blacks and) Blues
Reniqua Allen — the author of It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America — on Black millennials, millennial burnout, and hope in a time of uncertainty.
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Frenzied Woman
Cinelle Barnes considers how the chaos and discipline of dance kept the disparate parts of her being stitched together.
