After nearly a decade, Gitmo detainee Haroon Gul believed he had a chance at freedom. Then came President Trump.
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Longreads Best of 2019: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Our top picks of the year, all in one place.
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Guantánamo, Forever
After nearly a decade, Gitmo detainee Haroon Gul believed he had a chance at freedom. Then came President Trump.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
On Asylums
A problematic cat offered more insight into the author’s ailing father than you’d think.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Laws of the Awards Podium Protest
Stars are increasingly using Hollywood awards podiums as sites of protest, but few of them are men, and even fewer are white men.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, education, Nonfiction, Story
The Battle Over Teaching Chicago’s Schools About Police Torture and Reparations
A little-known city law has educators figuring out how to talk to eighth and tenth grade students about the history of Chicago police abuse.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quote Posts, Quotes
From Auditions to Airports: Actor Riz Ahmed on Being Typecast as a Terrorist
Actor Riz Ahmed — star of the miniseries The Night Of and films The Road to Guantánamo and Rogue One — describes what life, work, and traveling through airports is like as a British Pakistani.
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How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds
So much for assurances that harsh interrogation techniques used by the United States at Guantanamo Bay and in secret CIA prisons around the world wouldn’t cause lasting harm. New York Times reporters interviewed over 100 former detainees for this article on the never-ending psychological torment many of them live with years later.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
How a Journalist Uncovered the True Identity of Jihadi John
Souad Mekhennet’s thrilling tale of late-night rendezvous, burner phones, and secret codes — and her quest to reveal the man in black.
