From global capital to YouTube, carbon credits to indigenous land defenders in their own words, Will Meyer has compiled a reading list on who lit the match and how the fire might be stopped.
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Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events, Unapologetic Women
Did We Learn From Anita Hill?
Or will Democrats sell out Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, too?
Posted inNonfiction
‘They Were Growing Seedlings…Which Would Sprout To Become Supreme Court Justices’
Ruth Marcus discusses the Federalist Society’s 30-year Justice-grooming project, the botched investigations, and everything else that brought us “too big to fail” Brett Kavanaugh.
Posted inStory
Behind the Writing: On Research
Sarah Menkedick speaks with Leslie Jamison, Carina Chocano, and Elena Passarello on the art of research.
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 inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Investigative Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in investigative reporting.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Corpse Rider
“I could see the ghosts,” recalled Lafcadio Hearn about his early childhood. Late in life, he became a celebrated chronicler of Japan’s folk tales: stories of strange demons and lingering visitations.
Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Current Events, Story
Theatre of Wokeness
Are we having a surface-level reckoning?
Posted inStory
Naked City
Here, everyone hurries but no one arrives, everyone shows up but no one gets in, everyone’s a member but no one belongs.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Art of Losing Friends and Alienating People
Laura Lippman, admittedly a rotten friend, is bummed by the ways in which friendships end as one gets older.
