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Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts
Editor’s Roundtable: Stories About Stories
Longreads editors discuss stories in ProPublica/The New Yorker, Wired, and Esquire.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich
“Thirty-two-year-old French economist Gabriel Zucman scours spreadsheets to find secret offshore accounts.”
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Working To Live Often Means Giving Up Your Life
You can’t have work-life balance when work dictates the balance.
Posted inStory
No, I Will Not Debate You
Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction
Can Coastal California Adapt to Climate Change?
Rising sea levels and aggressive erosion could prove to be the greatest crisis modern Californians will ever face.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from James Carroll, Cecilia D’Anastasio, Ben Steverman, Eva Holland, and Ian Brown.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
“Set Up For Failure”: How Iran Captured 10 US Sailors at Farsi Island
“What unfolded over the next 12 hours transformed a bumbling operation into a historic fiasco.”
Posted inBooks, Business, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Maybe What We Need Is … More Politics?
Recent books by economists who hope to “save capitalism” dismiss popular ideas as “just politics.” But why assume the popular is the enemy of the good?
Posted inBooks, Commentary
This Month In Books: The Anxiety of No Influence
This month’s books newsletter has a lot to say about pasts and futures, and how lineages stretch across time.
