After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
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The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
The Real Obama: An Interview with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer David J. Garrow
The author offers insights into the 44th President of the United States after interviewing over 1,000 people for Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama.
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Just Like Heaven? Four Stories About Nordic Countries
Why are we Americans so drawn to the Scandinavian Peninsula and beyond? Why do some Republicans speak of Sweden with disdain or horror, whereas left-leaning folks go starry-eyed? Does the recent influx of refugees to these countries mark the beginning of institutionalized xenophobia?
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A Sentimental Education
Two years ago, Tilda Swinton co-founded a school for her twins to attend—the kind of school with “no exams, no tests, no hierarchies, no sitting at desks whenever possible.”
Posted inFiction, Nonfiction, Reading List
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes winners have been announced.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2016: Under-Recognized Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in under-recognized stories.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Against Confession: On Intersectional Feminism, Radical Catholicism, and Redefining Remorse
Laura Goode investigates her Catholic identity—the radical, feminist, social-justice-oriented version she discovered upon encountering the mysteries of marriage and motherhood—years after her departure from the guilt-stricken, conservative Catholicism of her upbringing.
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We Need to Talk About Money: Seven Stories About Personal Finance
For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.
