Lizzie Presser reports on the Dickensian treatment of Filipino workers aboard Carnival Cruise Line ships — where the routine involves 12 and 14-hour days, seven days a week for paltry pay and zero overtime — just to be able to provide better lives for families they rarely get to see.
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Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction
Can Love Sparked at Burning Man Last in Everyday Life?
Maria Finn tries to make sense of the euphoric love she experienced at the annual festival in Black Rock City, while she was grieving her brother’s suicide.
Posted inStory
The Problem of Pain
Pain is indeed inherited, but treating it as an affliction need not be handed down from generation to generation.
Posted inBusiness, investigations, Science & Nature
The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care
Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
Posted inBusiness, investigations, Science & Nature, Story
The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care
Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
A Reading List from the NBA’s Smartest Coach
Every off-season, Popovich puts together a substantial list of books he intends to read during his downtime.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction
The Mutilated and the Disappeared
A visit to the only shelter in Mexico for migrants who have been mutilated along the migrant trail.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Mutilated and the Disappeared
A visit to the only shelter in Mexico for migrants who have been mutilated along the migrant trail.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2017: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Story
Percy Ross Wants to Give You Money!
He was was a self-made, blue-collar millionaire in Reagan’s America. But when Percy Ross decided to give away his fortune, he made things simple: all you had to do was ask for it.
