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Coming Sept. 24: A Special Longreads Live Storytelling Night in New York City
On Sept. 24, Longreads is presenting a night of live storytelling with the theme of “Change: stories about change and the stories that have changed us.”
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Using Technology to Fight the Power
In a new story for Wired, Bijan Stephen looks at how the Black Lives Matter movement uses social media to organize and fight for change. As Stephen writes, “any large social movement is shaped by the technology available to it,” tailoring their goals and tactics to the media of their time. For the nascent Black Lives Matter […]
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Revisiting the Ghosts of Attica
A wrenching new book recounts the bloodiest prison battle in our history.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
‘We Have to Do Better’: A Reading List on the Charleston Church Massacre
We have to demand accountability from one another and stand up for people of color—in the streets, in our Facebook feeds, in our offices and homes.
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‘We Have to Do Better’: A Reading List on the Charleston Church Massacre
“We have to demand accountability from one another and stand up for people of color—in the streets, in our Facebook feeds, in our offices and homes.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Tech Companies Are Racing to Create Family Friendly Policies — Amazon Is Not One of Them
Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld report in the New York Times this weekend about the cut-throat work culture at Amazon.
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Longreads Best of 2015: Investigative Reporting
The best in investigative reporting.
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‘We Have to Do Better’: A Reading List on the Charleston Church Massacre
We have to demand accountability from one another and stand up for people of color—in the streets, in our Facebook feeds, in our offices and homes.
